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| Posnanski is moving on. |
The move to North Carolina will likely be a bit of a homecoming for Posnanski, who began his career as a sportswriting intern at The Charlotte Observer. He'll return a bit more polished than the story he has often told of his second day on the job.
He's leaving town at a time when the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum badly needs friends. For a long while, he very well may have been that organization's best friend. I sincerely hope that distance won't cool his passion for the legacy of Buck O'Neil, but Posnanski's character suggests that I needn't worry.
When he left The Kansas City Star in 2009 to take a post with Sports Illustrated, I was happy for Posnanski because it meant the nation would get a chance to read his work, and he'd been given a reprieve from the Royals. Selfishly, I was sad that his attention would be elsewhere because his take was often the first and last word for me on the Kansas City sports scene. But I was comforted by the final sentences of his goodbye column:
And so the final question would be: If it has been so great, why leave? I guess there are two answers. The first is that I am taking the job of my dreams. And the second is that I'm not exactly leaving. I'll be around.But come this time next month, Posnanski will no longer be around. He would tell you that it doesn't matter, that Kansas City will still be a great sports town with or without him. But for a man who has spent so much effort trying to convince us that he is an average Joe, the truth is that he is far from it. This is one loss that will stick with Kansas City fans for a long time.
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I guess it depends on your definition of "southern" accent. Texans have an accent distinct from Virginians, true...My comment on "southern" more a generalisation...I certainly detected a different "twang" in Roy's speech. Nevertheless, good point on RW playing the the act at times...I do recall him "Gomer Pyling" it , however, when you really studied RW, his coaching, dress style and conversation away from the press, I always felt he was (and is) much more sophisticated then JoPo would present. Back to the subject, I think JoPo is good, but overrated. Believe he could fall into a Mitch Albom contrived story situation someday....or at least test the boundaries vs. outright lying.
Don't hate on the Star. Most of the blogs in this town get their info from them.
"I could never understand why JoPo referred to Roy Williams as the "Dang gum aw shucks" guy, just because he had a southern accent?"
Because those were the words Roy used. It was part of the RW shtick to not swear but use words like Dang gum and act like the boy who was born in a log cabin with mountain values, not the sophisticated coach. I actually never noticed a Southern accent on Roy.
I came to respect his writing. But he needed a good editor to compress the story. Any JoPo story never really go to the point until a third of the way through.
Before Whitlock lost his touch, he and Joe were great counter points for the Star.
That guy was a tool. His column was proof that the Star has no Quality Control staff...
I know I'm in the minority here, but JoPo is overrated in my opinion. He scores high for the "Mitch Albom" signature collection of stories he tends to write. But He tends to embellish quite a bit to form a persona, in some cases, creating a myth. Terry Allen of KU is a great example. His closing columns on Allen were of a drip factor of 10 for a guy that was transitory and needed to go and fast. To humanize Allen to the degree he did was confusing frankly. Secondly, I could never understand why JoPo referred to Roy Williams as the "Dang gum aw shucks" guy, just because he had a southern accent?? Roy Williams would wear $3,000 suits and silk ties on the sideline, yet JoPo played the perpetual "good ole boy" stereotype. Williams is a truly nice guy, yes, but he is certainly more sophisticated than what JoPo presents him as. Finally, he totally flaked on his Jan Stenarud column about his missed kicked. JoPo was right, yet somehow felt he had to apologize to Stenarud for critical, but fair comments. Time to get out of the kitchen Poz. Maybe Miles Prentice is around for a column!!
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