Court Jester: A daunting journalistic journey
One rule became immediately clear while working on my first article as a reporter: Athletes aren't the only ones sweating at sporting events.Being a sportswriter requires its own rigorous training and split-second decision making, and I will never forget the fateful day this summer when my lack of verbal endurance caused me to suffer a sudden-death loss.I worked for my hometown paper this summer reporting on the Brooklyn Cyclones baseball team, a Single-A affiliate of the New York Mets, and had the privilege of covering one of the longest games in professional baseball history: a grueling 26-inning marathon between the Cyclones and the Oneonta Tigers that lasted 6 hours and 40 minutes (for those keeping track, the longest professional baseball game of all-time was a 33-inning affair between the Pawtucket Red Sox and Rochester Red Wings in 1981.) I was sitting in the cozy press box the whole time, seemingly not exerting myself at all-but I was drained.
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