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Aug 22, 2014

Tennis and life

Almost a year ago, I went to see the doctor for my annual physical — what I have started to call my “’OK, so what medicines do I have to take now?’ visit” — and the nurse took my blood pressure and said five words that you probably don’t want a nurse to say after taking your blood pressure: “Oh…

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Aug 27, 2014

Blaming the fans

KANSAS CITY — Some years ago, guess it’s been almost 20 years by now, I wrote one of those columns that I suspect just about every young columnist writes … and later regrets. I’ve written many of those kinds of columns, of course — I believe that comes with the territory of always trying to be as…

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Aug 29, 2014

Talking about the V in MVP (again)

KANSAS CITY — Let’s start with this: Wins Above Replacement — that famous WAR statistic that has inspired so much war in the baseball community — has been manna for Mike Trout fans the last two years. It utterly confirmed what they (me among them) knew about Trout.

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Aug 26, 2014

Money money money

You probably know that one of Bud Selig’s big objectives as commissioner of baseball was to even the playing field — that is, to give the small-market teams a chance to contend. A luxury tax was instituted. Wildcards were added to the playoffs. The amateur draft had numerous rules changed. Sure…

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Aug 18, 2014

The need — the need for speed

When the Detroit Tigers traded Doug Fister to the Washington Nationals back in December for a a middling left-handed pitching prospect and some change, it was, well, baffling. Here we are a few months later, and it’s no longer baffling. Yes, it’s self-destructive. It’s…

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Aug 1, 2014

Empty Yesterday

Before we began talk about why Thursday felt like SUCH a disastrous day for the Kansas City Royals — and, possibly, your hometown team too — we should probably offer two qualifications. One, Major League trades are hard things to pull off. They sound so easy on talk radio and fantasy leagues. But in…

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Aug 28, 2014

Alex Gordon and the M-V-P chants

KANSAS CITY — Every time Alex Gordon steps to the plate at Kauffman Stadium these days, fans chant, “M-V-P, M-V-P,” which is fascinating on so many levels. Let’s start with the most basic of those.

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Aug 19, 2014

A JoeBlogs Update

So, you may or may not (or may) have noticed that production on this site has gone way down. There is a reason for this — well, actually there are a lot of reasons. The main reason is that we have some pretty cool things brewing at NBC Sports that will come out over the next couple of months…

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Aug 20, 2014

Pop Up Video!

So, you might know, I work for NBC Sports. And NBC Sports is a television operation. I don’t think I need to go through the amazing roster of broadcasting talent at NBC — you know all the names. Costas. Michaels. Emrick. On and on.

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Aug 25, 2014

The Greatest Tennis Player Ever

Here’s another video essay, this one about tennis.

Joe Posnanski: Tennis' best still an uncertain answer
In recent memory, the distinction of best professional tennis player has changed hands more than one could count and as…vplayer.nbcsports.com

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