A reprint from 2008. People don’t believe me when I say that I really like Derek Jeter. I do! I think Jeter is an excellent player. I think Jeter is a smart player. I love the guy’s tenacity — he’s only missed 15 games in a season once — and I like his .317/.387/.461 lifetime…
Author: Joe Posnanski
Joe Posnanski writes about sports for a living, particularly baseball. Here, he writes about sports and also Springsteen, Hamilton, Harry Potter, iPads, infomercials, his idolization of Duane Kuiper, his family and magic. He lives in Charlotte with his wife Margo, two daughters Elizabeth and Katie, and their dog Westley. Joe is currently working on a book about Harry Houdini in today's world.
HOF Candidates: The Top 5
Continuing with your votes for the 100 best Hall of Fame candidates. And, finally, we get to the Top 5. We actually finished one of these projects! No. 5: Alex RodriguezScore: 86.86 My friend Muzzy Jackson tells a fun story. He was a college baseball player who went into baseball management for a while. He…
The Zack
The Zack has been fooling me ever since the beginning. I think that’s why Opening Day hit me so hard. On Opening Day, I heard an announcer say that Zack Greinke will turn 36 in November. That just doesn’t seem possible. Through the years, I’ve tried to stay pretty chill about my own aging bones;…
Chapter 3: The Changing Game
We pick up our ongoing series on the State of Baseball. You can read the first two chapters here: Chapter 1: The History of the Game Chapter 2: The Analytics Age * * * For those fans who believe that baseball is either less or much less enjoyable than it was in your youth, what…
HOF Candidates: 10-6
Continuing with your votes for the 100 best Hall of Fame candidates. No. 10: Joe MauerScore: 77.40 Some of you might remember that I was pretty vocal (OK, crazy vocal) about my belief that Joe Mauer should have won the 2006 MVP award, that year when he became the first American League catcher ever (and…
The Amazing Jackie Robinson
The story of Jackie Robinson has been deconstructed a million different ways … let’s try something a little bit different. Let’s try to look at his familiar and well-worn story through a specific lens. Let’s see him not as the great Jackie Robinson, American hero, baseball pioneer and the man who changed American sports. Let’s…
Tiger and Time
People still look past me. It baffles me that still happens after all these years. Yes, I know I am petite and pretty and, if you will allow a modicum of immodestly, I ooze with Southern charm. If I were in Hollywood, I am sure I would be Doris Day. I apologize if that’s an…
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Mike Epstein was, I think, the first of a certain genre, one that’s quite popular right now but was just about non-existent in 1966. That was the year Epstein showed up. He was a 6-foot-3, 230-or-so pound first baseman who came for one reason: To hit the ball out. Epstein was born in the Bronx…
HOF Candidates 15-11
Continuing with your votes for the 100 best Hall of Fame candidates. No. 15: Andruw JonesScore: 68.55 Three centerfielders in baseball history have won 10 Gold Gloves in a row: Willie Mays, who actually won 12 in a row (and would undoubtedly have won two or three more had the Gold Glove been created before…
HOF Candidates 20-16
Continuing with your votes for the 100 best Hall of Fame candidates. No. 20: Kenny LoftonScore: 64.10 Batting average might not mean what it used to mean …. but all things considered, you would still rather hit .300, right? I mean, if given the choice at the end of a long career, no matter how…