The Art of the Perfect Pitch

Chris Young of the San Diego Padres demonstrates proper pitching form against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Petco Park on April 6, 2008. Photo by Will Parson

Over on A Photo Editor, Rob Haggart links to a great list of successful pitches made by writer Dan Baum and his wife Margaret Knox, the same list Jackie wrote about a couple posts ago on this blog.  An important thing that Haggart points out is that it’s not just a skill for writers – a photographer should be able to write a good pitch as well.

To digress, what’s my favorite magazine that Dan Baum has written for?  Playboy.  I once looked through my dad’s old Playboys and ended up reading a very long, probing interview with Steve Martin written just before The Jerk was released, and before he walked away from his act at the height of his fame.  As a side note, he seemed a lot more pompous in his Playboy interview back then than in his autobiography, Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life.  Anyway, Considering the (old?) news that people are getting their porn elsewhere, maybe Playboy should just stick to quality writing.