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Cleveland Baseball Scribe Hoynes Prepares for Cooperstown Recognition

Paul Hoynes was named the 2026 recipient of the BBWAA Career Excellence Award. He has been covering Cleveland Indians and Guardians baseball since 1983.
Cleveland Baseball Scribe Hoynes Prepares for Cooperstown Recognition
A general stadium view of the exterior of Progressive Field prior to the home opener between the Cleveland Indians and the Kansas City Royals in Cleveland, Ohio on April 5, 2021. Jason Miller/Getty Images
Donald Laible
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Baseball writer Paul Hoynes will be off the Cleveland Guardians beat for the weekend of July 24–27.

After his peers voted for him to receive the 2026 Baseball Writers’ Association of America (BBWAA) Career Excellence Award, unequivocally the most prestigious prize in baseball journalism, and after covering another spring training schedule of the Guardians in Arizona, Hoynes still has to pinch himself to prove he’s not dreaming.

Donald Laible
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Don has covered pro baseball for several decades, beginning in the minor leagues as a radio broadcaster in the NY Mets organization. His Ice Chips & Diamond Dust blog ran from 2012-2020 at uticaod.com. His baseball passion surrounds anything concerning the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum and writing features on the players and staff of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Don currently resides in southwest Florida.