SABRcast with Rob Neyer: Joe Posnanski (Episode #42)
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Neyer is a longtime baseball writer and editor for ESPN.com, SB Nation, and FoxSports.com. He began his career as a research assistant for groundbreaking baseball author Bill James and later worked for STATS, Inc. He has also written or co-written seven baseball books, including The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers (with Bill James), winner of the Sporting News/SABR Baseball Research Award, and most recently Power Ball: Anatomy of a Modern Baseball Game, winner of this year’s CASEY Award.
Episode #42: January 13, 2020
Our guest this week is Joe Posnanski, a Senior Writer at The Athletic, where he is currently writing “The Baseball 100” series on the greatest baseball players in history. He is also the host of The Poscast podcast with TV writer Michael Schur. He has been named national sportswriter of the year by five different organizations and has won two Emmys as part of NBC’s digital Olympics coverage. He is the author of five books, including most recently The Life and Afterlife of Harry Houdini. His baseball books include The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O’Neil’s America and The Machine: A Hot Team, a Legendary Season, and a Heart-stopping World Series: The Story of the 1975 Cincinnati Reds.
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What’s Rob reading this week?
From an Orphan to a King
By Eddie Feigner
In 1946, Eddie Feigner, an energetic, stong-armed young Marine with a world of confidence, laid down a challenge that would alter sports history forever. From that humble beginning, using only himself and three other players; a first baseman, catcher and shortstop, the King and His Court engaged full-team squads winning over 9,700 contests. Remarkably, over 200 million fans have witnessed the King pitch 930 no-hitters and marveled at his 141,000 career strikeouts. Feigner’s life story is part Hollywood, part Harlem Globetrotters, and part God-given athletic genius.
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