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Joe Posnanski
@JPosnanski
Author, podcaster, pen enthusiast, baseball lover, 4.0 tennis player, grumpy father, nonfiction reader (mostly), Bruce fan, Taylor fan, writer of JoeBlogs.
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    Joe Posnanski
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    Sep 26, 2024
    When you stop to think about how stupid, how utterly and bafflingly stupid, it is for the A’s to leave Oakland to play in a minor league park in Sacramento for at least three years in the increasingly less likely hope of someday being in Las Vegas, it really staggers the mind.
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    Joe Posnanski
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    Jun 16, 2020
    It seems to come down to this: The baseball owners, who have made billions and been given sweetheart leases and absurd tax breaks and the legal freedom to run a monopoly, are unwilling to give back even a little to their communities and support the very game that they represent.
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    Joe Posnanski
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    Jun 9, 2017
    If Leslie Knope was president and Ron Swanson was vice president, the world would be:
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    Joe Posnanski
    @JPosnanski
    Feb 3, 2020
    For 15 years, I wrote sports columns in Kansas City. The Royals were never good. The Chiefs never won a playoff game. The Royals had no plan. The Chiefs couldn't develop a quarterback. ... And it is now clear that the problem, all along, was me.
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    Joe Posnanski
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    Oct 18, 2022
    I cannot for the life of me understand why baseball has made such Barry Bonds such a pariah but ARod is bleeping everywhere representing the game.
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    Joe Posnanski
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    Apr 13, 2022
    I so thoroughly despise every one of baseball's unwritten rules with a big lead, but this might be the dumbest of them all. Just put in a mercy rule and shut the games down once a team gets a nine-run lead if you're already going to tell players to stop playing.
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    Jomboy Media
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    Apr 13, 2022
    The Padres were not pleased with Mauricio Dubon bunting for a base hit with a nine-run lead and it looks like Giants manager Gabe Kapler agrees
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    Joe Posnanski
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    May 30, 2016
    On @Lin_Manuel and @HamiltonMusical and my daughter. joeposnanski.com/hamilton/
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    Joe Posnanski
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    Sep 30, 2019
    The best reporters I’ve known are happy to look dumb in order to get great answers. I once asked Billy Williams the difference between a curveball and slider and he gave me the greatest 20 minute answer ever. On Twitter that would have been Williams 1, Me 0.
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    Joe Posnanski
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    Nov 7, 2017
    Every pitcher tried to imitate him, no hitter wanted to face him, and everybody liked him. RIP Roy Halladay
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    Joe Posnanski
    @JPosnanski
    May 1, 2021
    I’m sorry, MLB can’t just ignore this problem — certainly not with hitters across the league batting .230.
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    Cody Decker
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    May 1, 2021
    Why even bring a bat to the plate?....
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    Joe Posnanski
    @JPosnanski
    Aug 11, 2019
    #The80sCalledAnd reminded us who is the real Spiderman.
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    Joe Posnanski
    @JPosnanski
    Apr 14, 2019
    Tiger Woods. And the stopping of time. joeposnanski.com/tiger-and-time/
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    Joe Posnanski
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    Mar 16, 2019
    This is Buttercup, maybe 3 years old, attacked by another dog, almost died, had surgery, led to infection, almost died, has heartworms but recovering, and now, she's a member of the family. Buttercup and Westley, together at last. Hey @dog_rates, I'm thinking at least 13/10, no?
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    Joe Posnanski
    @JPosnanski
    Oct 12, 2019
    If this shirt said: Rope. Tree. TSA Agent. I feel pretty confident he would not be on the plane.
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    Jessica Sidman
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    Oct 11, 2019
    My brother is on a @united flight from LA to Boston and saw this guy boarding with a shirt that reads “Rope. Tree. Journalist. Some assembly required.” #thread