Rox fans are losing an ace in Troy Renck
“On behalf of all baseball lovers and newspaper enthusiasts I wish to thank Troy for the awesome work he has done for the Denver Post ever since 2002.”
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The dawning of baseball season means many things to many people. To fans of the Colorado Rockies this time of year has long signaled the coming of summer sunshine and the inevitable annual slide into irrelevancy of their favorite baseball club. For the past decade or so each of those slides, along with a surprise trip to the World Series in 2007, has been covered like a field tarp by the Denver Post’s Rockies beat writer, Troy Renck.
Renck is leaving the Rockies beat to join Mike Klis in covering the Broncos for the Denver Post. The paper has had some trouble keeping the Broncos beat buttoned down over the past couple of seasons. Lindsay Jones, Jeff Legwold and Joan Niesen all departed to accept jobs with national outlets at a time when the Broncos were among the most talked about teams in any sport anywhere in America. The paper could ill afford to have the turnover it has had at Dove Valley. Shifting Troy Renck from covering baseball to football is doubtlessly a move intended to insure stable Broncos coverage in 2014, another year in which the team will be expected to play in the Super Bowl.
Losing Renck on the Rockies beat is a blow. While Patrick Saunders and Nick Groke, Renck’s replacements, are fine writers, Rox fans are going to miss Renck’s honest style of reporting.
Renck made even the worst Rockies’ seasons interesting through his reporting. Not only did he keep fans informed through the paper its self but he also did a fine job with his radio interviews. Additionally, Renck used social media as effectively as any baseball beat writer in America. His use of Twitter has always been masterful. He is the consummate professional – never using snark but sometimes peppering his information with just enough subtle commentary that fans knew where he stood.
Troy will doubtlessly do a fine job covering the Broncos and covering the Broncos is doubtlessly the most important sports job at the Post. It’s going to stink not having him follow the Rockies, though.
On behalf of all baseball lovers and newspaper enthusiasts I wish to thank Troy for the awesome work he has done for the Denver Post ever since 2002.
In a recent blog post Troy Renck explained: “The move to football, ironically, is connected to my love for baseball. Switching to the Broncos frees up my schedule in the summer months, allowing me to follow my sons as they play on diamonds across Colorado and country. I am ready to watch as a father, not a writer.”
As a fellow baseball Dad I can totally relate.
