Today’s subject is Amalie Benjamin of the Boston Globe.
The SoSH Wiki has a quick profile of Benjamin, who has been on the Red Sox beat for the Globe for the last couple of seasons. She was also an intern with the paper duing her college years.
Benjamin has become a regular on Red Sox coverage with NESN, becoming a television presence as well as a newspaper writer. She handles much of the blogging duties on the Globe Extra Bases Red Sox blog as well.
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Amalie Benjamin Approval Ratings
Popularity: 44% [?]
has to be approve. An attractive woman who can carry on an intelligent conversation re: the Sox? As Troy Brown may say, “Bingo!”
will she be the one replacing Tina?
I believe she already has a job.
Amalie does a very good job live blogging the games and she writes well, too.
disapprove
she is queen of the obvious and was horrible on TV at first, although she’s gotten better. not very insightful in my opinion. while she’s somewhat attractive all she mostly does is regurgitate the same old tired story lines.
some of her blog entries remind me of a 16 year old’s diary with posts like “going jogging for a few minutes. ttyl, ok?”
have to agree with bob about the blogging aspect. way too much of - “the sun is shining, but i probably don’t need to remind you of that since it’s 30′ in Boston.”
Does not offer a lot of insight but she has good facial structure and is attractive. May have a tendency to gain weight down the road but currently has a nice shape.
She’s no K-Tap but may be closing in on Hazel and is neck-and-neck with Tina.
Very hot.
Two very fragile thumbs up!
gotta love an age where sports coverage necessitates “blogging duties.”
since the commentary seems to be less about Amalie’s journalism and more about her face, I’ll offer the following —
glad to see the turtlenecks leaving the wardrobe, but that picture, good gravy. it looks like she’s about to burst into a tirade about how terrible that shot is.
Terrible … obviously only hired by the politically-correct Globe because she’s a girl (yes, I used the term “girl,” not “woman,” just to annoy you feminists out there).
Offers zero insight, writes OK but with no knowledge of baseball, blogs like a teenager. The absolute definition of a quota hire.
While the Herald went out and hired real baseball writers, the Globe offers us this?
those specs are what does it for me , she fine
Nothing special, just ANOTHER talking head…THIS one thinks THIS…THAT one thinks THAT… BLAH, BLAH,BLAH, YADA,YADA,YADA….There are just WAY TOO MANY of these Gum Flappers on the Boston Sports scene. Whatever they say goes in one ear and out the other. Actually I try to avoid them and just watch THE GAME. They know no more than me and you.
I actually like the youth injection she brings to the globe staff and I don’t mind the “different” blogging style that she has. Nothing wrong with a fresh take, as long as she is being professional. I also think that people shouldn’t be so harsh to judge her now. Let’s see where she is in another year or two.
She’s smart and beautiful. Just like Remy.
Are you guys out of your freaking minds? Amalie Benjamin is attractive? I guess if you like chicks with a huge head, small glasses and “big girl” arms, then she’s your kinda gal. And gotta agree with Looky Lou, she’s as analytical as Tim McCarver or Joe Morgan.
Interesting that when it comes to the women, the men judge her not on her journalistic skills but on her appearance. That’s not right. She’s good. And I doubt she went to J-school planning to be on TV all the time. That’s the new media. Keep up the good work, A.
Wow. This is supposed to be a discussion about how she is covering the Red Sox — in print, online and on television. Instead, it’s about her facial structure and choice of top? I’d like to see this kind of thread talking about what Mike Lynch chooses to wear, or what Gordon Edes looks like while he’s on the pregame show. Pretty disgraceful.
WTF! You’re acting like a bunch of closet cases.
Grow up
I have no idea if she’s any good, which probably means she’s failed in attracting me as a reader. I guess I have no interest in reading a “just the facts” blog.