Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Having a ball in the Fall

THE PIECE: The story I plan on covering this time around involves the Joppatowne 15-19 Fall Ball team and their journey towards the Harford County championship and it being possibly the last time a lot of the kids play together on the team. A lot of the kids on the team have grown up together and played baseball for years with each other, so I want to write this story as kind of a going out piece on them and seeing where they go from here as they start whatever journey in life they go through.
The questions I want to cover:
1. I want to find out why the team came together this season after not having a team for the last few seasons....
2. I also want to get a sense of how the community feels about the team and their shot at winning the championship, in the same sense interviewing some of the parents and finding out their feelings.
3. I want to ask the coaches what they want the kids to take from this experience and how they can apply it to their life, if possible after baseball ends.....
SOURCES:
I plan to speak with coaches (Head coach and assistants), some parents, possibly a player and also the organizer of the team because I am curious as to how and why they got the team together.

I already have some advanced information such as the team record and how they raised some of the money for the team (although I want to find out more about this). This should be a neat story to cover because I know quite a few of the players from my days coaching them.

1 comment:

Dr. Spaulding said...

Sounds like a great story, Matt. Have fun with it.