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Tuesday, May 06, 2008
In coincidental timing with David Weathers’ storming at the media, Poz takes his turn in the “Dark Side Of The Locker Room” section by recounting a (kind of) dark encounter with Jeff Montgomery, the face of the 90s Royals.
Now, I’m not going to tell you I’m the bravest guy around, because I’m not. I’m a bald, chubby-to-fat sportswriter. At first, I had that, “Damn, I’m going to have a fight with Jeff Montgomery and he’s going to pound on me like Sonny pounded Carlo,” feeling in my stomach. But after a couple of minutes, I realize he really isn’t going to hit me, there isn’t going to be a one-sided fight, and then it’s like I have one of those out of body experiences. Suddenly it’s like I’m looking down on the scene, and I’m thinking, “WOW, this guy is mad. Look at him. He’s really, really mad. He’s like crazy mad. Look at this guy, pacing around, stomping around, that towel wrapped around his hand, he’s really mad. I mean, this guy is mad.”
And then, it becomes sort of a mini-struggle not to laugh. Well, I don’t know that I was every close to laughing, but he WAS mad.
My favorite part was when the thing ended, and Jeff says, “Do we understand each other?” and he stomps off. The PR guy turned to me and in a shaken voice whispers: “I just want to thank you for allowing me to be a part of that.”
Joe is vague on the dates of his inflammatory columns, but the Internet isn’t.
Please keep comments, pitches down
JOE POSNANSKI The Kansas City Star
Published on 1999-06-04, Page D1, The Kansas City Star
KC’s all-time save leader earned his the hard way
JOE POSNANSKI The Kansas City Star
Published on 1999-09-24, Page D1, The Kansas City Star
Greg Franklin
Posted: May 06, 2008 at 05:08 PM | 8 comment(s)
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Back in the 1980s, two of my radio station colleagues heard it from Tony Taylor, the former big league second baseman who was managing the Utica Blue Sox of the NY-Penn League. He was upset about some second-guessing of his strategy they had delivered during a game broadcast. How did Taylor find out about the criticism? He and the players were listening to the play-by-play during the game in the dugout. It struck me as slightly ridiculous that a manager would be so sensitive to what was being said about him that he would actually allow the live broadcast to be played in the dugout.
Then there was the time that I tried to interview Paul Sorrento in the dugout at Doubleday Field. He didn't get mad, he just ignored me--and then ignored me some more. After trying to get him to acknowledge me for about 30 seconds, I just gave up and walked away!
Posnanski is fair, a good writer, does decent analysis, and has an earnest love for the game. He's a terrible sportswriter.
I also can't see how his blog will survive given his brand of fair-mindedness. Just ask Buzz and Bob, blogs are for the rabble.
plus, his mother's going to throw him out of her basement pretty soon
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