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Month: February 2017

Trust the Process

Posted on February 28, 2017 by Joe Posnanski

About Dayton Moore, fist bumping Eric Hosmer and the Royals future Dayton Moore already has been enshrined in that imaginary Kansas City Hall of Legends, there with Len Dawson and George Brett, Hank Stram and Buck O’Neil, Buck Buchanan and Willie Lanier and Bobby Bell and Frank White and Tony Gonzalez and a dozen or so…

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Judgmental Stats: ERA

Posted on February 26, 2017February 26, 2017 by Joe Posnanski

A few years ago — well, yikes, it’s actually more than 15 years now — a guy named Voros McCracken developed a fascinating and counterintuitive theory. He couldn’t help but think that while pitchers have firm control on some parts of pitching (walks, strikeouts and home runs) they have much less control, if any, on…

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A Baseball Challenge!

Posted on February 24, 2017February 24, 2017 by Joe Posnanski

Two, actually. This is really fun. Let’s see if you can beat me. Small challenge: Try to beat my lineup and starting pitcher — with this caveat. Every player in the lineup and the pitcher must be active and born in a different country. So you have 10 players — 9 in the lineup (including…

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Baseball Oscars

Posted on February 23, 2017 by Joe Posnanski

Vote for the Baseball Oscars — the Oscar Azocars! Here is a little inside baseball on how a goofy idea comes into the world.

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Point To First

Posted on February 22, 2017 by Joe Posnanski

MLB.com: Anticipated rule could continue decline of IBB Not sure the headline got exactly what I was trying to say … point is I have no idea what the new intentional walk rule will do. I don’t think anyone does. It might not do anything.  

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300 Wins

Posted on February 22, 2017 by Joe Posnanski

MLB.com: Is 300-wins club done adding members? We — most of us, anyway — spend much of our lives chasing round numbers. We look forward to them: 20th wedding anniversary;  40th high school reunion, age 50. We look back at them: Look at what happened 10 years ago, 40 years ago, 100 years ago. Athletes chase…

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No Left Turn

Posted on February 20, 2017 by Joe Posnanski

Well, it was sad to see that the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame did not name Lefty Driesell as a finalist this year. It was a little bit more than sad, actually. It baffles the mind. A couple of months ago, I wrote a bit Lefty’s extraordinary basketball life. The most common response I…

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The Goose is Loose

Posted on February 19, 2017February 19, 2017 by Joe Posnanski

By now, we all know pretty much where Goose Gossage stands on just about everything. — He believes baseball used to be better. — Like … way better. — Steroids and steroids and steroids and harumph and harumph. — He believes the kids today don’t respect the game like they should. — He believes players…

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Consider the thimble

Posted on February 17, 2017February 17, 2017 by Joe Posnanski

Nostalgia is an odd emotion. It’s odd because nostalgia doesn’t stay in its lane. It makes perfect sense to feel nostalgia for happy things in your life, happy things that will never come around again. It makes sense to feel wistful and sentimental when, say, you go back to your old college or high school…

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PosCast Draft: Utensils

Posted on February 17, 2017 by Joe Posnanski

In an effort to squeeze in as much nonsense as possible into one episode, Michael and I break down Field of Dreams, discuss the proper way to cut a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, argue if it is morally OK to cut fruit before eating it, draft utensils, invent a new name for the most…

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