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Month: August 2014

Talking about the V in MVP (again)

Posted on August 29, 2014August 29, 2014 by Joe Posnanski

KANSAS CITY — Let’s start with this: Wins Above Replacement – that famous WAR statistic that has inspired so much war in the baseball community – has been manna for Mike Trout fans the last two years. It utterly confirmed what they (me among them) knew about Trout. 1. He was the greatest player in…

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Alex Gordon and the M-V-P chants

Posted on August 28, 2014August 28, 2014 by Joe Posnanski

KANSAS CITY – Every time Alex Gordon steps to the plate at Kauffman Stadium these days, fans chant, “M-V-P, M-V-P,” which is fascinating on so many levels. Let’s start with the most basic of those. At the moment, Alex Gordon is hitting .281 with 16 home runs and 59 RBIs. Nothing at all about that…

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Blaming the fans

Posted on August 27, 2014August 27, 2014 by Joe Posnanski

KANSAS CITY – Some years ago, guess it’s been almost 20 years by now, I wrote one of those columns that I suspect just about every young columnist writes … and later regrets. I’ve written many of those kinds of columns, of course — I believe that comes with the territory of always trying to…

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Money money money

Posted on August 26, 2014August 26, 2014 by Joe Posnanski

You probably know that one of Bud Selig’s big objectives as commissioner of baseball was to even the playing field – that is, to give the small-market teams a chance to contend. A luxury tax was instituted. Wildcards were added to the playoffs. The amateur draft had numerous rules changed. Sure, many people thought it…

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The Greatest Tennis Player Ever

Posted on August 25, 2014 by Joe Posnanski

Here’s another video essay, this one about tennis. Your browser does not support iframes.

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Tennis and life

Posted on August 22, 2014September 30, 2016 by Joe Posnanski

Almost a year ago, I went to see the doctor for my annual physical – what I have started to call my “’OK, so what medicines do I have to take now?’ visit” – and the nurse took my blood pressure and said five words that you probably don’t want a nurse to say after…

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Pop Up Video!

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Joe Posnanski

So, you might know, I work for NBC Sports. And NBC Sports is a television operation. I don’t think I need to go through the amazing roster of broadcasting talent at NBC — you know all the names. Costas. Michaels. Emrick. On and on. Point is: They sure as heck don’t need me doing television….

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A JoeBlogs Update

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Joe Posnanski

So, you may or may not (or may) have noticed that production on this site has gone way down. There is a reason for this – well, actually there are a lot of reasons. The main reason is that we have some pretty cool things brewing at NBC Sports that will come out over the…

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The need – the need for speed

Posted on August 18, 2014August 18, 2014 by Joe Posnanski

When the Detroit Tigers traded Doug Fister to the Washington Nationals back in December for a a middling left-handed pitching prospect and some change, it was, well, baffling. Here we are a few months later, and it’s no longer baffling. Yes, it’s self-destructive. It’s ruinous. It’s loony. It might be the trade that changed the…

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Empty Yesterday

Posted on August 1, 2014August 1, 2014 by Joe Posnanski

Before we began talk about why Thursday felt like SUCH a disastrous day for the Kansas City Royals – and, possibly, your hometown team too — we should probably offer two qualifications. One, Major League trades are hard things to pull off. They sound so easy on talk radio and fantasy leagues. But in real…

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