In Reply to: Bill Plaschke wins the 2024 Red Smith Award posted by Dr.Bruin on April 21, 2024 at 00:40:34
"A good writer gets your attention and pushes buttons. If you're talking about him, then he has succeeded." Maybe there's a difference when someone writes a magnificent article and it gets your attention a la Malamud and other great ones, and a hack that writes bs that gets your attention.