Joe Posnanski Has Left the Kansas City Star for Sports Illustrated*
Media Gossip/Musings August 4th. 2009, 10:07pm
A year ago this month, Kansas City Star columnist Joe Posnanski was scooped up by Sports Illustrated to write a column for SI.com, which also re-printed his wildly popular blog. In addition to the column, he ended up writing a much talked-about cover story for the mag on Zack Grienke. And now, multiple sources have confirmed to us that Posnanski has left the KC Star for a full-time gig at Sports Illustrated. An email to Posnanski has not yet been returned. [Minor Update: Posnanski tweeted this early Tuesday morning; his last column in the star ran on July 19.] AM Update: His goodbye column, blog post, and tweet.
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August 4th, 2009 at 10:14 pm
The 100 Best MLB Players column, which I think he wrote, was absolutely retarded.
August 4th, 2009 at 10:17 pm
Does this super late night post mean you’re not starting again until Thursday?
And why the fuck did Shark Week programming end at 9 Central? Thank god Animal Planet manned up and threw out a wild hod special
Oh and Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout is the best beer brewed my mortal men…that is all
August 4th, 2009 at 10:19 pm
did the email say
“dear joe,
i heard you left the kc star for s.i. what up with that?
thanks,
j-mac aka tbl aka The Big Lead”
because joe only answers emails with a what up with that in them.
August 4th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
ZOMG! ELEVENTY!
August 4th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
He’s been hinting about this for a while.
And good for him.
August 4th, 2009 at 10:58 pm
But… but… how will I know why exactly the Royals suck.
August 4th, 2009 at 11:04 pm
I have been wondering how the KC Star, which has been laying off people for two years, could keep both JoePo and Whitlock. I blame this on the Royals sucking every year. He is a baseball guy living in a minor league town. I don’t understand the move to SI for his only gig. I can read every article/column in that mag while my oil is getting changed. Maybe SI is thinking about putting a serious effort into their online offering.
August 4th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
He said he’ll still write for The Star.
August 5th, 2009 at 12:18 am
And he’s staying in KC, which will ensure an SI cover of “Matt Cassel, better than Joe Namath?”