RealClearSports: Sportswriters seem to be cliquish. But toward you there seems to be unanimous praise. When we interviewed Gregg Doyel he said, "There's definitely a place in this business for subtlety, but only if the writer is talented enough to pull it off. And the bar is awfully high on that. Joe Posnanski clears that bar. Me, I trip over the thing." Sentiments from others have been similar.

What is it about your approach that makes your writing seems particular thoughtful?

Joe Posnanski: That's a tough one to answer. I don't know. I think that what I try to do is I try to think through things, and try to get across a point that maybe has a little nuance in it. I kind of feel a like in a lot of ways, we're losing that in today's world.

One of the things that's always been true about me is that I've never really been in this for fame. I don't really do radio. I don't do TV. I don't particularly want to be recognized going down the street. So for me it's just a matter of trying to write something as well as I can do it, and try to get across a point of view I think is balanced and hopefully considers the whole version of what's going on. People have been very, very nice to me, and people have always treated me very well. So I guess that's part of what they would see. If I had to come up with a reason for why, I think it's probably because people see that I take my job very seriously and try very hard to present a balanced picture.

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