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joeposnanski.com - 7 hours ago
Mauer Pauer: Man of the Hauer
— joeposnanski.com — So, it looks like I spent another sports year feeling pre-agitated about things that did not come especially close to happening. Zack Greinke won the Cy Young Award … he won it rather easily. There was no sudden and overpowering push to get ... (more) Mauer Pauer: Man of the Hauer

Comments vote down Over The Baggy found this 7 hours agofound this
Begging The Question (From Midair)

Published 4 days ago by Joe Posnanski at Joe Posnanski

I remember talking to a colleague of mine and, for some reason, Amelia Earhart came up. And he said: “Who is she?” I have to say at this at this point that this colleague is very smart and knowledgeable about any number of things, and has a million facts as his disposal on a ...
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joeposnanski.com - 5 days ago
The LVP Awards
— joeposnanski.com — The last of our awards … it’s Least Valuable Player Awards … and American League fans, it’s not who you think it is. American League LVP: Vernon Wells, Toronto Also considered: Yuniesky Betancourt, Kansas City; Jhonny ... (more) The LVP Awards

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joeposnanski.com - 5 days ago
The Sweetland Awards
— joeposnanski.com — Les Sweetland was a Depression Era lefty who pitched for the better part of five seasons and went 33-58 with a 6.10 career ERA. His strikeout-to-walk ratio was 159-357. Some of Sweetland’s lack of success was context driven — he pitched ... (more) The Sweetland Awards

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joeposnanski.com - 5 days ago
The McCloskey Awards
— joeposnanski.com — Well, I decided to break up the awards today … since this apparently is what you are supposed to do with baseball awards. I mean, seriously, could we in the Baseball Writers Association stretch out these awards any more? OldHossRadbourne on ... (more) The McCloskey Awards

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Coming tomorrow

Published 6 days ago by Joe Posnanski at Joe Posnanski

I’m up in Minneapolis working on a couple of Sports Illustrated stories … more on that later. But really, I just want to promote that tomorrow is our special baseball awards day. Yes, that means … The John McCloskey Award! The Les Sweetland Award! The LVP! You can ...
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joeposnanski.com - 6 days ago
V Is For Value
— joeposnanski.com — Every so often in this crazy sports racket, you can’t help but feel like the conversation has changed ever so slightly … and changed for the better. Zack Greinke won the American League Cy Young Award on Tuesday. More than that, he ... (more) V Is For Value

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joeposnanski.com - 8 days ago
Going For It
— joeposnanski.com — Bill Belichick is famously unsentimental. That, really, is his legacy as a football coach. Herm Edwards shouted “You play to win the game!” but that was just fun talk. It is Belichick who has lived those words his amazing career as a ... (more) Going For It

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joeposnanski.com - 8 days ago
The Music Of Suckitude
— joeposnanski.com — Joe Queenan invented a word I’m trying to think of now. The word defined the feeling you have when you see something that really sucks but — irrationally — you find yourself wishing that it had sucked just a little bit more.  ... (more) The Music Of Suckitude

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The Worst Football Game Ever

Published 12 days ago by Joe Posnanski at Joe Posnanski

There are, officially, six rivalries in the NFL. I realize that some people would suggest that one clueless fool with Internet access cannot make “official” proclamations … but they are wrong. We can. And we do. All the time. You can go all over the Internet and see!  ...
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joeposnanski.com - 13 days ago
My Desktop Background*
— joeposnanski.com —  ... (more) My Desktop Background*

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My new screen saver

Published 13 days ago by Joe Posnanski at Joe Posnanski

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joeposnanski.com - 13 days ago
This Year’s Gold Glove Ripoff
— joeposnanski.com — There is little doubt that you are expecting me to follow up that headline by writing about Derek Jeter. But … no.* *As you might imagine, I have received about two billion jillion shmillion emails the last few days about the Yankees ... (more) This Year’s Gold Glove Ripoff

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joeposnanski.com - 15 days ago
Hall of Fame Thoughts
— joeposnanski.com — Hall of Fame time already? Well, no. But to beat the rush, here are a few thoughts about four interesting new candidates … Question: Who is the best eligible hitter who is not in the Hall of Fame? I think this is an interesting question. ... (more) Hall of Fame Thoughts

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joeposnanski.com - 18 days ago
The Yankees Payroll
— joeposnanski.com — The following is a screed about the Yankees payroll. If you are a Yankees fan uninterested in a screed about the payroll, don’t read it. You won’t enjoy it. Go out, buy a championship T-shirt, reminisce about this great team, enjoy the ... (more) The Yankees Payroll

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joeposnanski.com - 20 days ago
Getting What You Deserve
— joeposnanski.com — “Mr. Steinbrenner deserves another championship.” – Joe Girardi One of the kinder compulsions of human nature is to soften the edges of people at the end of their lives. We strain to see their good side. We make them ... (more) Getting What You Deserve

Comments vote down No, You're a Towel found this 20 days agofound this
joeposnanski.com - 21 days ago
ABC: Keystone Light Grandpa
— joeposnanski.com — Type of beer commercial: Comedy. Beer rating: J (Juvenile: Childish themes, moderate violence). The set up: Grandson is talking to two friends — a man and a woman — at what appears to be a family picnic of some kind. The friends ... (more) ABC: Keystone Light Grandpa

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joeposnanski.com - 22 days ago
ABC: Miller Lite eHarmony
— joeposnanski.com — So, we might start a new blog feature that we will call “ABC” — which (of course) stands for: “Analyzing Beer Commercials.” I, like many Americans, find beer commercials to be endlessly fascinating. Some make me ... (more) ABC: Miller Lite eHarmony

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joeposnanski.com - 21 days ago
Small Kansas Towns
— joeposnanski.com — My wife always knows what’s coming whenever her hometown of Cuba, Kansas comes up in conversation.* She always knows I’m going to tell the story of the first time I went there with her. We’ve been married for more than 11 years, ... (more) Small Kansas Towns

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joeposnanski.com - 24 days ago
The Jeter Bunt
— joeposnanski.com — There’s a wonderful new iPhone app — put together, as I understand it, by Derek over at U.S.S. Mariner — called 2nd Guesser . Basically, it’s like this: You can punch in any game situation and the app will give you various ... (more) The Jeter Bunt

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