"something decidedly un-Posnanskian"

In case folks missed this piece, Craig Calcaterra wrote a good article about the Posnanski and Paterno situation last Friday:

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/07/13/posnanski-and-paterno/

I think Calcaterra hits the nail on the head about Posnanki's forthcoming Paterno book when he writes:

"I feel like the world is currently demanding something decidedly un-Posnanskian at the moment."

I also largely share Calcaterra's feelings when he writes, "I worry about the reception of the book he does put out, both critically and commercially. Which probably doesn’t matter to most people, but it matters to me as, like I said, Posnanski is my favorite baseball writer and I’d like to see this work out well for him."

I don't care about the book's commercial reception, but I do care about its critical reception and Posnanski's reputation, for the reasons Calcaterra describes. That's why I bothered to post so many comments about the topic on Posnanski's blog.

It may not be fair to demand that Posnanski produce "something decidedly un-Posnanskian." But, as every parent has told every child, life's not fair. Or, as a rather controversial writer once put it, "Men make their own history, but not under conditions of their own choosing."