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01/17/2008 10:59 AM ET
MLB.com hires award-winning journalist Hal Bodley
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NEW YORK -- MLB Advanced Media, the interactive media and Internet company of Major League Baseball, announced today that it has hired longtime USA Today baseball columnist Hal Bodley as senior correspondent. Bodley will provide fans with his unique perspective of the game across various platforms as a columnist and on-air analyst on MLB.com.

"We are honored to have Hal playing an important role on our team," said Dinn Mann, executive vice president of content for MLB.com. "Over the course of his career, Hal has earned a reputation as a respected, competitive authority on baseball. His contributions to the game and to the groundbreaking approach and coverage by USA Today cannot be overstated. Hal's background as both a pioneer and leader in print and electronic media will serve our staff and audience tremendously. This key addition further advances our mission to deliver the best possible information and perspective."

"After covering baseball for 50 years, the last 25 for millions of USA Today readers, getting this opportunity to remain active in the game with MLB.com and its expansive presence in the digital arena is both exciting and challenging," said Bodley. "I can't wait to get started because this is truly baseball's Golden Era."

Bodley, who has covered the game since 1958, has attended nearly every major event in the sport, including 43 World Series and 41 All-Star Games, has worked more than 4,000 games, has seen more than 36,000 innings played and has interviewed thousands of baseball personnel and six sitting Presidents of the United States. He has also written two best-selling baseball books: The Team That Wouldn't Die, an account of the Philadelphia Phillies 1980 championship year, and Countdown to Cobb, a chronicle of Pete Rose's 1985 pursuit of Ty Cobb's career hits record.

Prior to joining MLB.com, Bodley served as baseball editor-columnist for USA Today since prior to the national newspaper's startup on Sept. 15, 1982. He was with Gannett Company, Inc., for 47 years and prior to his work with USA Today was sports editor-columnist of the Wilmington News Journal newspapers for 22 years. Bodley was also a founder and former president of the Associated Press Editors Association. In addition, Bodley has served as a broadcast analyst for baseball with CBS Sports, NBC Sports, CNN and the Philadelphia Phillies television network.

A native of Smyrna, Del., Bodley graduated from the University of Delaware and has become the most honored sports writer in the state's history. He's won 30 regional and national writing awards and was elected to the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame in 2004 and the Delaware Baseball Hall of Fame in 2002.

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