I found a way to turn my passion for baseball into a way to earn a living. You can't do better than that. With his inside knowledge of the game learned from his years as a scout, he is now considered one of the leading authorities on baseball, ranging from the high school level to minor leagues and Latin American baseball. While working at Baseball America, Rawnsley learned to deal with the problems of all journalist, learning to write to space, dealing with working quotes into a story and constantly working on details correct. With the growth of the Interent, Rawnsley made the move and told the group of the major differences between the two mediums.
Content is king and the information can be presented almost instantanous.
There is one big disadvantage to on-line writing. Primarily these stories are usually self-edited and that leads to a little poorer quality. He also had advice for those aspiring baseball players who think they are going to get drafted and make it to the major leagues. For that reason, Rawnsley suggests players who get drafted out of high school think very seriously about signing with teams before going to college. Rawnsley left the scouting business.