Colin Beazley
Colin Beazley is a sports journalist at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette whose work includes coverage of Pittsburgh Pirates baseball, with a focus on clear game accounts built around decisive moments and standout performances. His reporting uses specific plays and players as the spine of the story, turning routine results into readable narrative rather than just a box score recap.
Pirates game coverage and key turning points
Beazley’s coverage of the Pirates centers on what happens on the field, describing how individual innings and at-bats add up to a final result. In his story on a Pirates win over the Cubs, he frames the game around Esmerlyn Valdez’s latest home run and how that swing allowed the team to “run away” with the result, using that moment to explain the shift in momentum and the shape of the scoring.
Within that format, he writes in straightforward, accessible language that mirrors the rhythm of the game itself. He highlights when the score changes, how the pitching holds up, and where an opponent falters, so a reader who missed the broadcast can follow the flow of the night from first pitch to final out. The emphasis stays on what happened, when it happened, and why it mattered to the outcome.
Individual performances within team results
Beazley’s game story on Valdez and the Cubs uses a player’s name and contribution in the headline, signaling how he often builds the narrative around a performer who defines the game. Rather than treating a home run as just another line in the stat sheet, he uses it as an entry point into the broader story of how the Pirates secured control and separated from their opponent.
That approach gives his coverage a player-centric feel without drifting into opinion. He connects a single swing or pitching sequence to the team’s fortunes on the night, showing how a key contributor changes the scoreboard and the tone in the dugout. For communications teams, this means that when Beazley writes about a game, he is likely to focus on the athletes who turn a contest, and to describe their impact in concrete, on-field terms.
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