Posnanski talks to TODAY.com about his latest book, 'Why We Love Baseball,' finding an outlet for your passions, and why Taylor Swift attending a Chiefs game was a BIG deal in his family.
is poised to win the American League MVP award after performing at a level as both a pitcher and as a hitter that has never been seen before in the majors, not even from Babe Ruth, before his season was cut short due to injury.
“Every time he goes out, it feels like he’s breaking some kind of record. And it is joyous. It really just brings so much happiness, watching him hit or pitch, because he’s not only great at both of those things, he’s also exciting,” Posnanski says. “He’s not the sort of pitcher who just kind of works his way through and throws strikes and gets outs. I mean, he throws about as hard as anybody. And he’s not just a good hitter. He’s the guy who can hit the ball 500 feet at any point.
“I’m a first-generation American. My father moved to the United States just before I was born. And for him, it was very important to raise a baseball fan,” Posnanski recalls. “Like, for him, part of being an American was liking baseball, and he had no knowledge of baseball whatsoever when he came. But he learned to like the game because he thought he should raise his sons as baseball fans.
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