I am reading The Baseball 100 right now. I especially loved the chapter on George Brett and especially the story about the third game of the 1985 AL championship series. I have my own story about that game which I attended with my 17 year old son. The Kansas City Star had a contest for two tickets to the game and my son said I'm going to enter that. I said OK, but you probably won't win.
But HE DID! I can still see in my minds eye George Brett leaping up to throw out Garcia as he ran from third to home. That's kind of my own Field of Dreams story, which is about fathers and sons as much it is about baseball. Great book. Keep writing.
Chicago sports fan (white sox, not cubs) from southeast side. Grandfather, father, and brother all worked in some capacity for the Sox. Now retired lawyer and former state legislator from Iowa.
I am an avid reader of all subjects, including sports I have just read your newest book, The Baseball 100. It is a fabulous read; very informative and entertaining. I mostly enjoy the insights into each player that, unless you read the book, you would never know. How about such a book on professional golf? Congratulations on a wonderful book.
All I ask is - please try to stop moving platforms quite so much. Even you have to admit, it’s been quite a lot over the past few years. If you stay here, I’ll be happy to subscribe- if you’ll commit to this path.
Joe and I go back to 1996 when he first started writing for the Kansas City Star, back when most news was received via the daily paper.
For a time, we had dueling sportswriting assassins in Joe and Jason Whitlock. Joe the tender hearted historian and Whitlock, the curmudgeonly rabble rouser. Both uniquely talented.
I luckily got turned onto Joe, whose work I somehow didn't know after 50 years of sports reading, at the beginning of this pandemic era. It's been a godsend. Looking forward to this new venture and looking forward to NOT seeing weird sports-gambling angles tied into pieces. (Yes, cheap shot on a trend I've noticed at The Athletic.) I'm also looking forward to The Baseball 100!
On the first day that I found Joe Blogs (Joe’s blog), which was in 2010 I believe, I read that day’s post and enjoyed it so much that I wanted more. At that time I was doing almost all of my online reading on my little third generation iPod Touch, so I scrolled backward and read the previous post. That one was just as good, so I scrolled backward some more and read another. That one was good too, so I scrolled some more and kept scrolling until I reached the oldest post available. I read the oldest post and then worked my way forward post by post, reading just about every day, until I reached the newest post. This only took about nine months.
I spent the next six or seven years reading every new post, almost always on the day it was posted. This meant that I was reading new material about four times a week. And it meant that on the days when there were no new posts I was refreshing constantly in the hope that something new would pop up. You might be familiar with this game.
I am happy that Joe is back at his blog. And I am happy to pay to read his fine writing. If I pay the subscription fee for the rest of my life, Joe will not have gotten nearly as much out of my readership as I have already gotten from it. So I am signed up and will remain so for as long as Joe keeps writing*.
Awesome! It was a no-brainer to subscribe for a year. I can’t think of another writer that can bring stories so alive. As a casual baseball fan from Europe, I never would have thought I would be interested in the stories of guys like Shoeless Jackson and players from his era. And yet here I am. Thanks Joe!
Thanks again, Joe. I too have followed everywhere you’ve gone starting with Sports Illustrated, and I wish I had known about your earlier writing for the KC Star, etc. And I too was surprised to read the Byron Dinkins Sporting News story here for the first time! (I too hope you got a nice check for that story!) One of things I love best about your writing is the many ways you still manage to surprise me after all these years and all these stories. Please keep writing, keep moving us, keep surprising us, and please always keep us in the loop, wherever your writing takes you.
You can move as much as you want as long as you keep writing - I'm constantly inspired and gladdened by your writing, your energy, your PASSION. I'm looking forward to reading everything you're going to put here, just like I'm looking forward to your Baseball 100 book arriving soon (even if I've likely read 95% of it on the Athletic already!), looking forward to my baseball fanatic friend getting the book in the mail as a surprise with one of your invocations, looking forward to...well, just life, but your writing is a big part of that. So, just keep enjoying your life and sharing your gift with us.
I do wish you well, Joe and love your writing. It does seem like you have moved around a ton - in this last move to The Athletic (subscription required), I complained a bit in the comments about the chore of following you, and how did I know you wouldn't jump to something else in a couple of months?
You were actually kind enough to respond to that comment, you didn't make any promises, but you did say you liked the team at The Athletic (subscription required) a lot, and planned and hoped to be there a long time.
At least this move is *back* to to your blog, so not really much of a move - I see I still have an active credit card associated with my account, so I suppose I'm set.
You are (most of the time) my favorite writer, so I don't have any real basis to complain - keep up the good work.
I am a subscriber, but have a new e-mail address. Please update to:
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Thanks so much, Stan Zeldin
I am reading The Baseball 100 right now. I especially loved the chapter on George Brett and especially the story about the third game of the 1985 AL championship series. I have my own story about that game which I attended with my 17 year old son. The Kansas City Star had a contest for two tickets to the game and my son said I'm going to enter that. I said OK, but you probably won't win.
But HE DID! I can still see in my minds eye George Brett leaping up to throw out Garcia as he ran from third to home. That's kind of my own Field of Dreams story, which is about fathers and sons as much it is about baseball. Great book. Keep writing.
Chicago sports fan (white sox, not cubs) from southeast side. Grandfather, father, and brother all worked in some capacity for the Sox. Now retired lawyer and former state legislator from Iowa.
I am an avid reader of all subjects, including sports I have just read your newest book, The Baseball 100. It is a fabulous read; very informative and entertaining. I mostly enjoy the insights into each player that, unless you read the book, you would never know. How about such a book on professional golf? Congratulations on a wonderful book.
I love what you do, so I’m along for this ride.
All I ask is - please try to stop moving platforms quite so much. Even you have to admit, it’s been quite a lot over the past few years. If you stay here, I’ll be happy to subscribe- if you’ll commit to this path.
Yup, my comment is along the same lines...
Congratulations Joe ^^
Joe and I go back to 1996 when he first started writing for the Kansas City Star, back when most news was received via the daily paper.
For a time, we had dueling sportswriting assassins in Joe and Jason Whitlock. Joe the tender hearted historian and Whitlock, the curmudgeonly rabble rouser. Both uniquely talented.
Miss your daily KC focused stuff Joe!
I luckily got turned onto Joe, whose work I somehow didn't know after 50 years of sports reading, at the beginning of this pandemic era. It's been a godsend. Looking forward to this new venture and looking forward to NOT seeing weird sports-gambling angles tied into pieces. (Yes, cheap shot on a trend I've noticed at The Athletic.) I'm also looking forward to The Baseball 100!
On the first day that I found Joe Blogs (Joe’s blog), which was in 2010 I believe, I read that day’s post and enjoyed it so much that I wanted more. At that time I was doing almost all of my online reading on my little third generation iPod Touch, so I scrolled backward and read the previous post. That one was just as good, so I scrolled backward some more and read another. That one was good too, so I scrolled some more and kept scrolling until I reached the oldest post available. I read the oldest post and then worked my way forward post by post, reading just about every day, until I reached the newest post. This only took about nine months.
I spent the next six or seven years reading every new post, almost always on the day it was posted. This meant that I was reading new material about four times a week. And it meant that on the days when there were no new posts I was refreshing constantly in the hope that something new would pop up. You might be familiar with this game.
I am happy that Joe is back at his blog. And I am happy to pay to read his fine writing. If I pay the subscription fee for the rest of my life, Joe will not have gotten nearly as much out of my readership as I have already gotten from it. So I am signed up and will remain so for as long as Joe keeps writing*.
* Not legally binding.
WELCOME BACK
Go Joe!! Happy we are back to JoeBlogs. Excited about what you are doing!
Awesome! It was a no-brainer to subscribe for a year. I can’t think of another writer that can bring stories so alive. As a casual baseball fan from Europe, I never would have thought I would be interested in the stories of guys like Shoeless Jackson and players from his era. And yet here I am. Thanks Joe!
Thanks again, Joe. I too have followed everywhere you’ve gone starting with Sports Illustrated, and I wish I had known about your earlier writing for the KC Star, etc. And I too was surprised to read the Byron Dinkins Sporting News story here for the first time! (I too hope you got a nice check for that story!) One of things I love best about your writing is the many ways you still manage to surprise me after all these years and all these stories. Please keep writing, keep moving us, keep surprising us, and please always keep us in the loop, wherever your writing takes you.
You can move as much as you want as long as you keep writing - I'm constantly inspired and gladdened by your writing, your energy, your PASSION. I'm looking forward to reading everything you're going to put here, just like I'm looking forward to your Baseball 100 book arriving soon (even if I've likely read 95% of it on the Athletic already!), looking forward to my baseball fanatic friend getting the book in the mail as a surprise with one of your invocations, looking forward to...well, just life, but your writing is a big part of that. So, just keep enjoying your life and sharing your gift with us.
I do wish you well, Joe and love your writing. It does seem like you have moved around a ton - in this last move to The Athletic (subscription required), I complained a bit in the comments about the chore of following you, and how did I know you wouldn't jump to something else in a couple of months?
You were actually kind enough to respond to that comment, you didn't make any promises, but you did say you liked the team at The Athletic (subscription required) a lot, and planned and hoped to be there a long time.
At least this move is *back* to to your blog, so not really much of a move - I see I still have an active credit card associated with my account, so I suppose I'm set.
You are (most of the time) my favorite writer, so I don't have any real basis to complain - keep up the good work.
Top 101 football players vs. top 100 baseball players, because Football > Baseball? :)