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Former KC Star sports columnist and best-selling author Joe Posnanski will be in the house this morning at 10 a.m. for a livestream discussion of the Royals: their future, their past and baseball ...
Joe Posnanski (/ p ə z ˈ n æ n s k i /) (born January 8, 1967), nicknamed "Poz" and "Joe Po", [1] is an American sports journalist. A former senior columnist for Sports Illustrated (where he wrote a blog called "Curiously Long Posts") and columnist for The Kansas City Star , he currently writes for his personal blog JoeBlogs .
The Battlin' Bucs, as they would become known, dominated the National League virtually from the start to claim their first pennant since the 1927 season. Meanwhile, Mazeroski was an NL starter in both All-Star Games. [a] [5] The Pirates seized control of the pennant race in August, when they won 21 of 31 games with Mazeroski in a lead role.
The 1948 Major League Baseball season was predicted to be a close race between the Yankees and Red Sox. In a United Press poll conducted just before the season started, the majority of sportswriters chose the Yankees, who had won last year's World Series, to face the Braves or St. Louis Cardinals that year, while others chose the Red Sox; only one sportswriter chose the Indians to reach the ...
(Updated through games played Sept. 20) Major League Baseball's 2024 season is in its penultimate week with playoff spots very much up for grabs.. Things are heating up in the wild-card races in ...
The 1980 National League pennant race was one of the most exciting races in baseball history, [1] as both divisions came down to the final weekend. The NL East race featured the Pirates, the defending World Series Champions; the Phillies, who were hovering just over a .500 winning percentage and in third place until the middle of August; and the Expos, who were leading the division or within ...
The 2010 Major League Baseball postseason was the playoff tournament of Major League Baseball for the 2010 season.The winners of the Division Series would move on to the League Championship Series to determine the pennant winners that face each other in the World Series.
Bobby Thomson came up to bat, and on Branca's second pitch, Thomson drove the ball to deep left field for a walk-off home run to win the pennant for the Giants. [26] This home run came to be known as the "Shot Heard 'Round the World" as the Giants won the National League pennant, advancing to the World Series. [28] [29]