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Month: November 2013

More more Morris

Posted on November 29, 2013November 30, 2013 by Joe Posnanski

In the middle of writing this longish post on Jack Morris — the 48,384th one I’ve done — I stopped for a moment to ask myself the obvious question: What’s this obsession with Jack Morris anyway? It’s not like I’m opposed to Morris going in the Hall of Fame. I’m not. Frankly, at this point,…

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The Poscast Ep. 2 – Peanut Butter, Jelly, Thanksgiving

Posted on November 27, 2013November 27, 2013 by Joe Posnanski

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”http://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/2570820/height/50/width/480/thumbnail/no/theme/standard” height=”50″ width=”480″ scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Joe and Michael faux argue about football on television and then draft things they are thankful for — things that are not likely to show up on anybody else’s list. Check out this episode

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Black Friday

Posted on November 25, 2013November 25, 2013 by Joe Posnanski

To start, let’s look at the other black days as described by Wikipedia and others: Black Monday — The October Monday in 1987 when world stock markets crashed. Black Tuesday — The 1929 Tuesday when Wall Street crashed and the Depression began. Black Wednesday — In Britain, it was the day in 1992 when the…

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Perfect Endings

Posted on November 25, 2013November 25, 2013 by Joe Posnanski

There was this gnawing feeling, when the ball bounced off Denver’s Tony Carter and set up New England’s game-winning overtime field goal, that this was a lousy way for such a great game to end. The Patriots and Broncos played an epic game Sunday night. The Patriots looked bewildered at first and trailed 24-0 at…

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Vargas, Baby

Posted on November 22, 2013November 22, 2013 by Joe Posnanski

OK, so, yeah, it’s not so great that the Kansas City Royals told everyone they had a major announcement to make and then announced that they had signed pitcher Jason Vargas. Even if you like Jason Vargas, even if you love Jason Vargas, even if you are related to Jason Vargas, this is not a…

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Fielder For Kinsler

Posted on November 21, 2013November 21, 2013 by Joe Posnanski

Opening monologue: How many players in baseball history have a name as incompatible as “Prince Fielder?” Crazy, right? It would be like Bud Harrelson being named “Crown Batter” or Randy Johnson being named “Elfin Junkballer,” or Alex Rodriguez being named “Innocent victim.” Am I right? And what’s the deal with all the questions they ask…

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Bobblehead for a hero

Posted on November 20, 2013November 20, 2013 by Joe Posnanski

The San Francisco Giants announced that on April 25, when the Giants play the Cleveland Indians, they will have a Duane Kuiper bobblehead day to celebrate my hero Duane Kuiper’s one and only home run in the major leagues. There is really nothing else to say except … I know where I will be April…

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Riverboat Ron Rivera

Posted on November 20, 2013November 20, 2013 by Joe Posnanski

People do change, of course, but it normally takes time. A lot of time. It took Darth Vader three whole movies to change. It took James Bond about a quarter century to change from Sean Connery to Daniel Craig. These might not be the best real life examples, OK. The point is that that change,…

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The Wide Wide World of Sports

Posted on November 19, 2013November 20, 2013 by Joe Posnanski

All I can promise is that this thing goes all over the place. It is a combination of about five posts that were never going to get finished on their own. Two quick stories to begin. Some years ago, I was in Israel, in traffic, when suddenly the Israelis in the car started to shriek…

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The Art of Officiating

Posted on November 19, 2013November 19, 2013 by Joe Posnanski

Here’s something a bit odd to think about: You really can tell how important officiating is to a sport by how many officials the sport uses. For instance, in tennis there can be up to 11 officials in professional matches — I think the breakdown is one chair umpire, four sideline judges. four service line…

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