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Hello,
We hope this morning finds you and your loved ones well.
We’ll admit to having trouble with motivation to write in recent weeks. First, there’s the ongoing health crisis. Second, we don’t have actual Reds games or real baseball news to analyze. We’ve gone back and forth about whether the moment is right for the usual sports talk at all.
So we thought we’d try something a little different. Instead of pretending there’s a normalcy that isn’t, we thought we’d write about our vivid Reds memories. The idea was to create a Reds memory bank of sorts. We started working on it a couple days ago and discovered that putting our memories into words was enjoyable. We’re not sure why it felt that way. Maybe it’s the power of memory and resonance. Maybe it’s as simple as creating a distraction from current events. Either way, we were pleasantly surprised.
As we shared our writing experiences, we came up with the idea of offering you a way out of the same sad situation. We decided to open up Reds Content Plus to anyone out there who wants to write about a Reds memory. It can be a good memory or bad. You can even write about something we’ve already written about. We might edit it a bit and we need your real name. But please, take a shot at putting your memory into words and we’ll be happy to publish it. Your story might connect with another Reds fan and cause a smile. Or do it for fun as a little self-care. Send it to: [email protected].
This morning, we published the first post from our writers in this Reds Memory series. We hope to hear from you.
Warm regards,
Matt & Steve
Steve, I feel your an awesome writer and I enjoy reading all your files. Without a doubt it has to be extremely thought to come up with things to write about in the baseball world. Even tougher in the offseason as at least in the offseason you have the hot stove to write about. I just want you to know in this time, I appreciate all your doing to entertain us fans during this tough time.
Thanks. The past few weeks have been difficult for everyone. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed writing my Reds Memory post that runs tomorrow. When I shared that with our other writers, they agreed that it had been surprisingly enjoyable for them, too. I enjoyed reading Matt’s post this morning and looking forward to others. I hope if our readers take us up on the offer and send their own memories that it will be a positive thing for them as well.