During a sports writing career that spanned 43 years, Schmuck covered the Los Angeles Dodgers, California Angels and Baltimore Orioles as a beat writer before becoming the Baltimore Sun's national baseball reporter in 1994.
For 43 years, Schmuck worked as a sports journalist covering the Los Angeles Dodgers, California Angels, and Baltimore Orioles as a beat writer. He later became the Baltimore Sun's national baseball reporter in 1994.