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Month: September 2014

A Royals Toast

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

In the afterglow, I find myself trying to remember the low moment, the moment that summed up all of what it meant being a Kansas City Royals fan the last 20 years or so. I think of the time Tim Belcher was named the Kansas City Royals pitcher of the year despite the somewhat limiting…

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Bronx Fans Bid Captain farewell (for now)

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

One of the scholasticists behind me said, “Let’s go. We’ve seen everything. I don’t want to spoil it.” This seemed a sound aesthetic decision. Williams’ last word had been so exquisitely chosen, such a perfect fusion of expectation, intention, and execution, that already it felt a little unreal in my head, and I wanted to…

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Mr. November

Posted on September 25, 2014September 25, 2014 by Joe Posnanski

My favorite Derek Jeter story comes from a time that, I fear, no one will understand in a few years. Maybe no one understands now. It comes from a time of newspapers and early columns and running columns and crushing deadlines. I have tried to explain the newspaper deadline concept to my daughters but, like…

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Replaying the replay

Posted on September 21, 2014September 21, 2014 by Joe Posnanski

There are many things that bug me about instant replay in sports, but I would say the thing that bugs me most is that replay tends to burn a lot of the fun out and instead turn our games into boring side-session arguments about technicalities. This was never more true than Saturday afternoon, when the…

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Sumo Goalie Fail

Posted on September 19, 2014 by Joe Posnanski

Hat tip to Brilliant Reader Jason — this pretty convincingly makes the argument that no one is fat enough to block the whole net in hockey.

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Yo Joe! Jeter, Fun and Sumo Goalies

Posted on September 19, 2014September 19, 2014 by Joe Posnanski

Today’s Yo Joe! comes live from England (Call it the “Yo Joe! intended to keep me awake long enough to get over jet lag” edition). Thought: Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy for my friend Brandon McCarthy and his nine pitch, three-strikeout inning. But calling it an “immaculate inning?” Really? It has happened six times…

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Yo Joe! Bowling, Jays, College Kicks

Posted on September 17, 2014September 17, 2014 by Joe Posnanski

From Brilliant Reader Alex: Yo Joe! If the Jays and Royals both miss the playoffs (Jays almost certainly will, and you never go wrong betting against the Royals), whose fans should be more disappointed?  The obvious answer is the Royals … but I think the answer might be Blue Jays fans, for a few reasons:–…

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Yo Joe! Scouting Reports and LeBron

Posted on September 16, 2014September 16, 2014 by Joe Posnanski

Here is my annual plug where I ask you to take part in Tom Tango’s superb 2014 Fan Scouting Report, where you do the baseball reports. I’ll have more to say about these in the coming days, but these scouting reports have been pretty remarkable the last few years. They have broken all sorts of ground…

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Poscast Episode 9 — Lady Byng

Posted on September 15, 2014September 30, 2016 by Joe Posnanski

Another Poscast with Michael Schur. We talk about who is going to the World Series. Then we draft awards.

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Royal thought of the day

Posted on September 15, 2014September 15, 2014 by Joe Posnanski

Yes, I know I can be hard on Ned Yost, maybe even unfairly so at times. That said, when you are in a pennant race, when every win and loss counts, when you are at home against a last place team, when you can fall a game and a half back in the standings with…

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