Joe Posnanski
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WHY WE LOVE FOOTBALL comes out September 17. (Back on here for promotional purposes)
Joined August 2008
When you stop to think about how stupid, how utterly and bafflingly stupid, it is for the A’s to leave Oakland to play in a minor league park in Sacramento for at least three years in the increasingly less likely hope of someday being in Las Vegas, it really staggers the mind.
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It seems to come down to this: The baseball owners, who have made billions and been given sweetheart leases and absurd tax breaks and the legal freedom to run a monopoly, are unwilling to give back even a little to their communities and support the very game that they represent.
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If Leslie Knope was president and Ron Swanson was vice president, the world would be:.
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For 15 years, I wrote sports columns in Kansas City. The Royals were never good. The Chiefs never won a playoff game. The Royals had no plan. The Chiefs couldn't develop a quarterback. And it is now clear that the problem, all along, was me.
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I cannot for the life of me understand why baseball has made such Barry Bonds such a pariah but ARod is bleeping everywhere representing the game.
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I so thoroughly despise every one of baseball's unwritten rules with a big lead, but this might be the dumbest of them all. Just put in a mercy rule and shut the games down once a team gets a nine-run lead if you're already going to tell players to stop playing.
The Padres were not pleased with Mauricio Dubon bunting for a base hit with a nine-run lead and it looks like Giants manager Gabe Kapler agrees
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The best reporters I’ve known are happy to look dumb in order to get great answers. I once asked Billy Williams the difference between a curveball and slider and he gave me the greatest 20 minute answer ever. On Twitter that would have been Williams 1, Me 0.
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Every pitcher tried to imitate him, no hitter wanted to face him, and everybody liked him. RIP Roy Halladay.
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I’m sorry, MLB can’t just ignore this problem — certainly not with hitters across the league batting .230.
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This is Buttercup, maybe 3 years old, attacked by another dog, almost died, had surgery, led to infection, almost died, has heartworms but recovering, and now, she's a member of the family. Buttercup and Westley, together at last. Hey @dog_rates, I'm thinking at least 13/10, no?
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I will just say this again: Baseball has a real problem if the Boston Red Sox cannot afford to keep a once-in-a-generation player.
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Wait, you are telling me the Patriots are so odious that we are all supposed to root for a team that abandoned a great city in the grossest imaginable money grab?.
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My grandmother died early Sunday morning after a lifetime of surviving, She was 95 but her medical records had her at 96. She lived an extraordinary life.
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The answer to every ejection trivia question is Bobby Cox.
Davey Martinez is the first person ejected from any World Series game since Bobby Cox in Game 6 of the 1996 World Series.
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I cannot stop thinking about what it must have been like for the person answering the phone at the Four Seasons Total Lanscaping when the request came in.
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! BUCK!.
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Today's the day for me to thank you all for coming along on this wonderful journey. The No. 1 player in the Baseball 100 is Willie Mays.
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Tiger Woods has brought so much joy to my life. I hope he can find some peace and joy and purpose after golf.
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Shohei Ohtani has a 151 OPS+ and a 156 ERA+ and that OPS+ is basically Jeff Bagwell over his career and that ERA+ is basically Pedro Martinez over his career and I’m just not sure what world this even is.
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Guy catches ball over kid. Me: He's a jerk. Buck: Don't be so hard on him. Maybe he's got a kid at home. Me (chastened): But, but (lightbulb goes off) then why didn't he bring his kid to game?.Buck: Maybe his kid is sick. Happy 106th to a beautiful man who always saw the good.
Happy Birthday to the legendary Buck O'Neil, who would have been 106 today.
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Is anyone else out there just rooting for their favorite sports legends to please be quiet for four more days?.
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Updating our Jacob deGrom absurd stats: He has now had 33 no-decisions since the beginning of 2018. His ERA in those games is 1.76, and the Mets have blown 11 leads he left behind. In all, Mets are 36-41 with the best pitcher in baseball on the mound. Never been anything like it.
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Tears are flowing here! The greatest thing in all my life is loving you.
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Too many thoughts and feelings thinking about one of the most remarkable people I ever interviewed, the great Bob Gibson. Rest in peace. For now, here's the Baseball 100 story I wrote about him.
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I've already been asked numerous times what Buck would say . and I can tell you with 100 percent certainty. He would say: "Minnie Miñoso! Tony Oliva! Jim Kaat! Gil Hodges! Bud Fowler! What a day. What a beautiful day. Yeah!".
Welcome to the Hall of Fame, Buck O’Neil.
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“What do you do?”.“I’m a sportswriter.”.“You get all those free tickets?”.“Well, it’s like . ”.“Can you get me free tickets?”.“No, it’s . ”.“Can you get two for me and my brother?”
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How in the world have we missed out on this? Not getting to see Tony Gwynn do this is now one of the great regrets of my life.
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This stat will never stop blowing my mind:. Joe DiMaggio hit .408 with a 1.180 OPS during his famous 1941 56-game hitting streak. Ted Williams hit .406 with a 1.288 OPS during the entire 1941 season.
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I have no words. My heart screams too loudly. I cannot believe Grant is gone.
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I know it's popular to keep saying Henry Aaron is the "real home run king." But it misses that Aaron was so much more than a home run hitter. If Aaron had hit TWO HUNDRED FEWER HOME RUNS he would still have more total bases than Barry Bonds.
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Locking out the players, not negotiating for two months, making absurdly small concessions and then blatantly threatening the season if the players don't cave doesn't seem like the fairest way to do business, but, hey, Max Scherzer has a Porsche.
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Javier Baez is better at tagging people than anyone else is at anything.
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The absolute no doubt of every single fan that Patrick Mahomes was going to lead the Chiefs to a touchdown tells the story: He has to do this for many more years, sure, but I don’t think anyone has ever been better at this quarterbacking thing.
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The good news about that Molina bat flip is that now Cardinals fans will never again complain about someone celebrating the wrong way and this will bring peace to the world.
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I have never come around on a idea as fast and as hard as I did on miking Alek Manoah. I hated it at first and by the end I believe it deserves an Emmy.
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You just never know what you're going to find in the mailbox .
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It’s not official yet but I think I’m going to be governor of Virginia.
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Kind of scary that the only people on the floor getting paid are the refs.
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Trying to get my thoughts together, which is hard, but I was proud to have gotten to know Henry Aaron just a little bit. What a man. What a force. What a life. RIP.
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This is awesome. And the Nationals ownership should be ashamed.
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I cannot believe I just saw a kicker make a 53-yard and two 58-yard game winning field goals in a row.
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I think they’re unwritten rules because they would look unbelievably stupid if anyone actually ever did write them down.
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When I told you this was going to be a historic day . .
Today I’m tipping my hat to all the giants in the Negro Leagues, from Satchel Paige to Toni Stone and so many others. Their brave example, first set 100 years ago, changed America’s pastime for the better––opening it up for new generations of players and fans alike.
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In this game we have seen a triple, a bunt single and an attempted steal of home. It’s like 1977 again. I think people might like it — MLB might want to take notice.
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I don’t like how Joe Buck and Fox keeps saying “start of his life” about Greinke. Sure it’s Game 7 which makes it unlike any other kind of start. But it makes this sound like a fluke. They seem to have missed the point that this guy is GOING TO THE HALL OF FAME.
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Between 1946 and 1956, Don Newcombe:. 1. Was best pitcher in the Negro Leagues. 2. Became first great black pitcher in MLB. 3. Won the Cy Young award. 4. Won the National League MVP. 5. Had the best hitting season ever for a pitcher. 6. Served two years in the military.
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The Astros could have released this statement, you know.
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The world is upside down. I have no words. My mind is blown. The Baseball 100 -- an 870-page book on baseball -- is number FIVE on the New York Times bestsellers list. All I can say is: Thank you.
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Sorry. This isn't political. This is just plain one of the funniest things I've ever seen.
Twitter allowed someone to invade my text with a disgusting anti-President message. The same thing-period no space-occurred later and it didn’t happen. Don’t tell me they are not committed cardcarrying anti-Trumpers. Time Magazine also may fit that description. FAIRNESS PLEASE.
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This is the greatest thing a United States President has ever done. Some of Lincoln's stuff is second.
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Driver: "Oh, wow, almost got in an accident today.". Spouse: "Wow, what happened.". Driver: "Crazy drivers wouldn't let me get over to exit.".
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Apparently the best way to get reluctant people vaccinated is to trade them from the Royals.
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Someday, hundreds of years from now, when they study us ancient and unenlightened people, they will say: “Well, they did have Vin Scully.”.
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“If this game hasn’t gotten me by now, no virus is going to get me," umpire Joe West told @Ken_Rosenthal, using the impeccable logic that has inspired so many terrible safe calls through the years.
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My consulting service for preventing people from saying stupid sports things remains available.
Should someone propose a 70% tax on the Patriots so that NFL competition is more fair and equal? Asking for a friend.
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I think Henry Aaron would want us to remember the dark America he faced while just following his own dreams.
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In the year that was so improbable, the impossible has happened . then it happened it again . and then again . and then Randy Arozarena FELL DOWN . and then he got up and scored anyway . and, baseball, wow, baseball.
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This really and truly might be the worst inning in Yankees history.
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Surely, MLB would not have Apple TV announce this massive (and exciting) partnership and then fail to work out a deal and cancel more of the season, right? I mean, even these guys are not THAT self-destructive, right? Right? Anyone? Bueller?.
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The response to my @HamiltonMusical piece has been overwhelming. Here it is one more time with a small postscript.
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Twenty years ago today, The Truman Show was released, Michael Jordan scored 37 against Utah, Mark McGwire hit his 28th homer of the season . and Margo Ann married me and changed my life forever.
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No longer posting in this site. Will miss you guys. Can find me on my website, my newsletter, the Sky, and the PosCast. Thank you all for so much fun.
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I wish people would stop saying the nonsense that baseball players "refuse to take a pay cut." They agreed to HUGE pay cuts, 50% pay cuts or more. Players have never gotten paid "per game." You don't ever hear, "Madison Bumgarner signed for 104,938 per game." 1/3.
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Little things I love about baseball: that the pitcher has to give the actual baseball to the manager when taken out.
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I will never ever ever get over the fact that someone threw a bat at someone in the World Series and everybody just decided it was fine.
Today In 2000: Roger Clemens throws Mike Piazza's broken bat barrel at him as he runs to first base during World Series Game 2 at Yankee Stadium! #MLB #Mets #Yankees #Baseball #History #Postseason
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Does this look like an appropriate father/son interaction to you?
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Terry Bradshaw is basically Fred Willard in “Best in Show” at this point.
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I realize this is sort of an instant reaction . but that field goal might be the worst coaching decision I’ve ever seen.
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Al: “Another Super Bowl that ends on the last play.” Ah, but don’t they all.
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And we've reached No. 1 on The Outsiders, the most deserving player who is not yet in the Baseball Hall of Fame: Minnie Miñoso.
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I was there on Opening Day in Cincinnati when umpire John McSherry collapsed seven pitches into the game and died moments later. This is what that felt like. They cannot play anymore tonight.
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The Cincinnati Reds would have to throw EIGHTY CONSECUTIVE SCORELESS INNINGS to move out of last place in team ERA.
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Maybe I picked the wrong year to write a book called WHY WE LOVE BASEBALL.
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A quick return to Twitter to remind you that every wonderful and magical touchdown catch you remember from your childhood, every last one, would be ruled incomplete in today's NFL. OK bye.
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That no call was so bad that every single time they show a replay, it gets worse. I'm now thinking it was the worst no call in NFL playoff history.
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Pete Rose could have cracked another 1,100 singles . and not had as many total bases as Henry Aaron.
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How can Boone possibly explain going with Nestor Cortes there? I mean seriously, what possible explanation would make sense?.
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“He had Scottie Pippen, man! I got . well, why don’t you tell me what I’ve got.”
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The fact so many fans sympathize with owners is one of the most baffling things in sports.
The replies to this tweet are a pretty good reality check as to what the “average fan” both knows about the matter at hand, and where their loyalties lay.
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At this premiere, Chadwick Boseman told me he loved “The Soul of Baseball,” and talked about how much he wishes he had met Buck, and I think now how lucky I was to have met Chadwick Boseman, even for only a few moments.
Red Carpet laughs w/Chadwick Boseman & Harrison Ford at our ‘13 screening of “42!” Chadwick presented me w/the 1945 Monarchs jersey he wore in the film that’s proudly on display at the NLBM! Chadwick will be missed but his legacy plays on at the NLBM! @MLB @Royals @MLB_PLAYERS RT
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The Beatles would not be a legendary band without Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
The Warriors would not be a dynasty without Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green, Andre Iguodala and Kevin Durant
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