Outs Per Swing Chats with Joe Posnanski Again.

RHood posted 7/25/2008 from mvn.com [flag]

With the Rays playing another four game set against the Kansas City Royals, we decided to spark up a conversation with one of our favorite writers, Joe Posnanski. Joe was gracious enough to talk to us earlier in the season in this interview. He returns to follow up on some things including: the Gathright/Howell blockbuster, Evan Longoria and some book he’s working on. [link]

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