This article informs readers what is going on in the baseball world, more specifically with former Red Sox players. Although the article talks about what players were traded to what teams, when the reporter talks about Manny and Damon, he used the phrase “a person familiar with the negotiations told the Associated Press.” As a reader, this made me skeptical. Good reporting means that facts are backed up. This source has no identity, no name, age or occupation. It seemed like someone could just be making this up. Listing some of the player’s stats did give the article more credibility however.Besides from that, the article lacks color. For example, the lead doesn’t draw you in. It’s not clever. It just tells you exactly what happened and doesn’t make the reader want to keep reading. The reporter sticks to the facts.
The reporter did bring up who was traded and put their names in bold. This gives the readers an idea of what else is going on in the MLB. Relating something local to a bigger picture gets local readers more interested.
The article could’ve gone more in depth with information and past history with Ramirez and Damon, especially because it is on the Globe’s website. These two players were extremely popular in Boston. I would’ve like to seen more stats or more information about how the two acted as teammates in Boston. The article just sticks to the facts and doesn’t branch out with information.
In all, the article got the point across, Ramirez and Damon will be teammates again. It lacks color and creativity that make an article like this one with no multi-media aspects, boring to read.
