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The Pre-Game Plus: 6/23 @ Real Salt Lake
Published 6/22/2007 by Max J. at The Offside
... There are some games that just defy the need for analysis, and this is one of them. Salt Lake is, point blank, a pathetic excuse for a soccer team, so bad that you wonder why the local paper hasn’t called in Joe Posnanski to write a requiem for the season already (sorry, arcane baseball reference). United is at full strength (for this game, at least) and in the middle of a tear. A team of their talent and ambition has absolutely no business dropping points in Utah. So the choice, and the commentary, is simple: DC can either go in and drop the hammer as great teams do to the unworthy, or they can suck their way to a draw or loss. The latter is humiliating at best and confidence-shattering at the worst, a sign that United is really no more than a mid-table team. No other option than a win is acceptable. ...

Radar Love?
Published 7/19/2007 by chad@redlegnation.com (RedlegNation.com) at Redleg Nation
... First, everyone should be reading Joe Posnanski of the Kansas City Star on a daily basis.  He’s easily the best baseball writer (and ...

Negro Leagues Weekend Celebration in Detroit
Published 7/20/2007 by Ian Casselberry <info@blessyouboys.com> at Bless You Boys
... Also before the game, the Kansas City Star's Joe Posnanski will be signing copies of his book, ...

More Baseball
Published 10/29/2007 by Andy Grabia at The Battle of Alberta
... Here's three from Joe Posnanski on the Japanese World Series: ...

Hillman ends tenure in Japan with a loss
Published 11/1/2007 by Jeff Zillgitt at Sports Scope
... ns won the Japan Series four games to one, and this is their first Japanese Championship since 1954. It is, for Dragons manager Hiromitsu Ochiai – one of Japan’s greatest players – a breakthrough victory. He had taken the Dragons to the Japan Series twice and lost both times – including last season against Trey Hillman and the Fighters."Second, the departure. This was the last game in Japan for incoming Royals manager Trey Hillman. He sat on the bench and stared out toward the field after the game ended, his face flush. He knew his time here was coming to an end, and he may have even known it could end with a loss. But he certainly did not expect to leave the country this way, having lost the first perfect game in Japan Series history (and the first at any time since 1994). Hillman will now go back to Sapporo to pack up things and do a final round of interviews before coming home to America to take over the Royals." You can read all of Posnanski's columns from Japan ...

Published 11/16/2007 by Aaron at AaronGleeman.com
... fantasy football guru Gregg Rosenthal earned himself the right to forever be called "Gregg Slice," although for a slightly different reason. I find myself jealous of The Big Lead's new redesign, if only because this site has the exact same basic, boring look that it did three years ago and no one has ever offered to pretty it up for me. Joe Posnanski is one of my favorite writers whether he's wearing his "newspaper columnist" hat or his "blogger" hat, so when he talks about ...

The Final College Football Poll
Published 1/8/2008 by Chris at Intentional Foul
... So who was the lone reporter to vote Kansas as the top team, I wonder. Does Joe Posnanski have a vote? The rest of the Top 25 looks like this: ...

Two on Two: 2008 AL Central Preview
Published 3/11/2008 by Rich Lederer and Patrick Sullivan at Baseball Analysts
... Big Book of Baseball Legends), is on the very, very short list of parties most responsible for advancing statistical performance analysis into the mainstream. Often referred to as a "Bill James disciple" resulting from his time working for the so-called godfather of sabermetrics, Rob ascended to his current position of influence by championing a constant message and winning over a legion of loyal readers. Joe Posnanski, a columnist for the Kansas City Star and author of The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America, ...

Published 3/21/2008 by Aaron at AaronGleeman.com
... Joe Posnanski of the Kansas City Star has long been one of my favorite newspaper columnists, but over the past few months he's also become ...

NFL Local Sports Media- Kansas City Chiefs
Published 7/26/2008 by Keith at Sports Media Journal
... local sports media covering their NFL teams takes us to the heartland of the country, specifically Kansas City and the Chiefs… Newspaper- The first stop for news in Kansas City is at the Kansas City Star . The paper has arguably some of the best sports talent to work in a medium-sized media market. Adam Teicher leads a group of writers who contribute to the team’s page . Looking for some quality columnists, look no further than Jason Whitlock and Joe Posnanski . Sports Radio- There is an entire site dedicated to the Chiefs Radio ...

The Joe Posnanski Drinking Game
Published 9/2/2008 by devil_fingers at Royals Review
... Everyone loves Joe Posnanski. OK, I'm not sure about that. But everyone should love Joe Posnanski. I won't go into all the things that are great about Posnanski's columns, ...