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Joe Posnanski has been sports columnist at The Kansas City Star since 1996. He has twice been named the best sports columnist in America by The Associated Press Sports Editors. As his mother says, that and about four bucks could get him a Grande Mocha at Starbucks. Joe started this blog to promote his book “The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O’Neil’s America,” winner of the ... [link]

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Two on Two: 2008 AL Central Preview
Published 3/11/2008 by Rich Lederer and Patrick Sullivan at Baseball Analysts
... circles are still considered to be the stuff of propeller-heads and Mom's basement dwellers. Posnanski's appealing writing style and broad audience make him a critical voice in furthering the understanding of fundamental tenets of what constitutes winning (and losing) baseball. Poz (as he is often called) was named best sports columnist in America by the Associated Press Sports Editors in April of 2007. You can also enjoy his "curiously long posts" and Pozterisks at his fun-to-read blog. ...

Thursday Morning Mets Newsstand
Published 3/13/2008 by Eric Simon <amazinavenue@gmail.com> at Amazin' Avenue: Front Page Posts
... is conducting season preview "two-on-two" chats, which feature Rich and Sully from BA and two internet personalities -- usually bloggers -- specific to each division. The guest writers for their AL Central preview are Joe Posnanski and Rob Neyer, two first ballot hall-of-famers in the world of online journalism. ...

The Soul of Baseball and the Red Reporter Book Club
Published 4/22/2008 by Fat Vegas Alan at Red Reporter: Front Page Posts
... , check out his blog.  And if for whatever reason you don't trust Wikipedia and/or don't like blogs, just know that Joe is presently finishing up a book about The Big Red Machine. So you know he's cool. ...

Killing Time-It's Still May
Published 5/28/2008 by TBird41 (noreply@blogger.com) at The Ragnarok
... If you don’t know who Joe Posnanski is, well, that’s a problem for you. I’ve been traveling a lot by bus lately, which means that I have a lot of time to kill. I’ve done so by reading Posnanski’s work, both ...

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