2018 Community Team Previews sign-up

We simply cannot have baseball around unless you fine, fine Red Reporters fill us in on the goings on around the rest of the league. As is RR tradition, it’s officially time for Community Team Previews, where you break down the other 29 teams in baseball in your own lovely, whimsical ways.

What are Community Team Previews?

29 members of RR sign up to write a preview of each MLB team. It’s a way for people interested in a certain team to have the opportunity to pick a team to research and write about, and a way to give back to your site. Hell, you’re probably better than us, anyway.

What should a preview consist of?

The format itself is up to you, but make sure to mention the key players on the team, as well as any notable additions and subtractions. We want to learn something about some of the teams that we don’t have the time to follow as closely as the Reds, so go nuts!

Does it matter how I write and format it?

Completely up to you! In the past, we’ve had people write up a straight analysis of the team, and there have been people who have chosen to write it in alter-ego voices, or write them as stories. Any way you want to approach it is perfectly fine, as long as you make it about the team in question. Vaguely. Have fun with it!

Where do they go?

You can write your preview up as a FanPost, and from there we’ll promote it to the front page. That’s right, this is an easy chance to get your stuff read by a TON* of people.

*This term is relative

When?

When you sign up, there’ll be a day attached. Post it sometime on that day, preferably in the morning. That probably means get it done before that day. If you need to post it the night before, that’s fine, but it won’t be promoted until your scheduled day. If you sign up for one and then the day ends up being bad for you, let us know and we’ll see if there is something we can do.

If we don’t hear from you, we’ll hunt you down. I have a particular set of skills, skills that make me for a nightmare for people like you. I will look for you, and I will find you... and then I’ll probably just ask Charlie Scrabbles to write your team preview.

We don’t want any gaps in the coverage, so don’t sign up for one and disappear and let everybody down. No one likes a flake. Don’t be a flake.

Damn dude, I get it. I won’t flake out.

You sure?

Yes! Where do I sign up?

Below!

Here’s the schedule, as currently drawn up. Sign up in the comments below, and we’ll update this list as people sign up.

2/26 - New York Yankees - Charlie Scrabbles

2/27 - Miami Marlins - Cy Schourek

2/28 - Boston Red Sox - Coop Almighty

3/1 - New York Mets - RichardFitchNYC

3/2 - Baltimore Orioles

3/5 - Atlanta Braves

3/6 - Toronto Blue Jays - MC Reds Hot

3/7 - Washington Nationals - BumsWillAlwaysLose

3/8 - Tampa Bay Rays - Bigredfan19

3/9 - Philadelphia Phillies - ken

3/12 - Seattle Mariners - B_S

3/13 - San Francisco Giants

3/14 - Oakland Athletics - jb850

3/15 - Los Angeles Dodgers - Cincinnatagator

3/16 - Texas Rangers

3/19 - Arizona Diamondbacks - AzKurgan

3/20 - Los Angeles Angels - Redsfan48

3/21 - San Diego Padres

3/22 - Houston Astros - Charlie Scrabbles

3/23 - Colorado Rockies - Kevin Mitchell is Batman

3/26 - Kansas City Royals

3/27 - Chicago Cubs - Red Dead Reporter

3/28 - Minnesota Twins - Bigredfan19

3/29 - St. Louis Cardinals - crolfer

3/30 - Cleveland Indians - Bigredfan19

4/2 - Pittsburgh Pirates - Yossarian22

4/3 - Detroit Tigers - Brian Gillis

4/4 - Milwaukee Brewers - davidmp2

4/5 - Chicago White Sox - ptaylor2112