1. Tracy Ringolsby was born on April 30,1951 and is an American sportswriter.
15 Facts About Tracy Ringolsby
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Tracy Ringolsby was a founder and original columnist for Baseball America from its beginning until a new ownership group took over changed the publication from its focus on minor leagues to a more generic approach.
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Tracy Ringolsby is the former president of the Baseball Writers' Association of America and was a member from 1976 to 2013.
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Tracy Ringolsby rejoined the BBWAA in 2016 when employees of MLB.
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Tracy Ringolsby was the 2000 recipient of the Shining Star Award for journalistic excellence, presented by the Colorado Press Association, becoming the first sports writer nominated for the award.
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Tracy Ringolsby was selected Colorado Sports Writer of the Year in 2005 and 2008, and was honored by the Wyoming Sports Hall of Fame for career achievement in 2009.
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Tracy Ringolsby received an honorary doctorate in letters from the University of Wyoming in the spring of 2009.
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Tracy Ringolsby then attended Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado for a year and a half before finishing up what time he spent in college at the University of Wyoming, from which both of his parents earned their degrees.
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Tracy Ringolsby began his writing career as one-man sports staff for the Wyoming State Tribune, the afternoon newspaper in Cheyenne, the day after he turned 17.
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Tracy Ringolsby later worked for United Press International before beginning a career of covering Major League Baseball.
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Tracy Ringolsby worked for UPI from June 1971 until February 1977, spending time at the UPI bureaus in Cheyenne, Denver and Kansas City.
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Tracy Ringolsby was a beat writer covering he Colorado Rockies for the Rocky Mountain News from 1992, the year before the Rockies played their first game, until Feb 27,2009, the day the paper folded.
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Tracy Ringolsby previously worked for the Long Beach Independent Press-Telegram, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the Kansas City Star-Times, and the Dallas Morning News.
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Tracy Ringolsby is a co-founder of Baseball America and a former member of the board of directors for the Professional Baseball Scouts Foundation during its existence.
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Tracy Ringolsby was a member of the board of directors of the Cowboy Joe Club at the University of Wyoming for 12 years, and a former member of the Board of Directors of the National Western Stock Show.