I have had a strong love and passion for the game of baseball for over 20 years. My intentions are to have this blog be a way for me to share my views and insight on the great sport of baseball. While I do have my favorite teams and players, I will try to evenly cover the entire sport.
On March 1, 2007 I was offered and accepted a position as a minor league baseball columnist with an independent sports media company known as Most Valuable Network. MVN.com prides itself on being the first and largest sports blog network on the internet so naturally I jumped at the opportunity to join the MVN family.
On March 6, 2007 I went on to post my first column introducing myself to the already built in readership of a column known as Minor Details. MVN brought me on to take over this already successful column due to their interest and enjoyment in my prospect coverage here on The Diamond Cutter. Their dedication to build up their minor league coverage has already been gaining a lot of new interest and recognition among readers on the internet.
In the beginning of August I changed positions in the company and began covering the Minnesota Twins in the column “Twins Killings.” As much as I loved covering prospects, the opportunity to cover my hometown team was too good to pass up. Since coming on to “Twins Killings,” my column is now featured on the Twins section of sportsillustrated.com and picks up the daily feed from my column. This is an incredible honor and couldn’t be more excited about it.
Then on February 22, 2008 I accepted a position with Baseball Digest Daily to bring my “Diamond Cutter” Major and Minor League coverage to them. While my Major League coverage will be featured on their main page, my prospect work will now be part of their Big League Futures section. Since I am now part of the Baseball Digest Daily family (an MLB affiliate), beginning in 2008 I will have full press credentials at the Metrodome in Minnesota. This means I will be able to bring a whole new perspective to “The Diamond Cutter” with interviews and player reactions from both teams with my access to the press box, field, locker room and dugout both before and after every Twins game. Not only is this an incredible opportunity that Baseball Digest Daily has provided, but it will no doubt bring so much more to this site.
I can’t thank you readers enough for continuing to read and discuss baseball with me over the course of The Diamond Cutter. I love nothing more than discussing, debating, and writing about baseball. So I hope you continue to do so on here as well as joining me over at Baseball Digest Daily and MVN. As always, please make sure to share with me any of your baseball blogs as I’m always thirsty for more views and opinions on baseball.
Many of you know that being a baseball journalist has always been a dream of mine so the chances to write for such prominent companies is truly an incredible opportunity for me and I couldn’t be more excited.
Once again, thanks for all your support!
Matthew Whipps
Major and Minor League Baseball Columnist
Blog: The Diamond Cutter
Email: mlbdiamondcutter@gmail.com
AIM: thefranch15e
My Baseball Career
Since the age of eight years old I have always played the great sport of baseball. From Little League to Babe Ruth to playing for my home town traveling league, my greatest passion was always being out on the field. But as my team’s captain and starting catcher, the daily wear and tear of playing that position took a toll on my knees. This forced me to give up the position I have always loved, thus effectively ending my baseball career after high school. Since then I have brought that love for playing to the game of softball where I currently manage and play on a team back in my hometown where it all began.
Myspace: The Diamond Cutter
Thanks for the comment over on Yankees Chick - - - your writing is great; I’m really enjoying your blog!!! Keep up the good work 
