What Joe Posnanski thinks about America
American sportswriter, formerly a columnist at the Kansas City Star, Sports Illustrated and NBC Sports. Author of The Baseball 100 and Why We Love Baseball. Writes JoeBlogs, a newsletter mostly about baseball, with essays on other sports.
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3 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Joe Posnanski has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsYou could argue, I suppose, that this is an archaic design that no longer matches the American attention span (or the durability of pitchers' elbows), but 70-plus million people attend the games annually, and baseball is the No. 1 show on television in many local markets throughout the summer, so it's working for a lot of people and, anyway, the format ain't changing.
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Their wordsA lot has been written about the militaristic vibe this team disseminated (undoubtedly WITH the express written consent of Major League Baseball), but one thing that really struck me was how wrong they got it.
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Their wordsFor another, I believe that baseball - like soccer - offers teams with less talent a better opportunity to win on any given day than the other American team sports.
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