A Few More Words: Recent Episodes

Joe Posnanski

A podcast of sports talk and interviews in coordination with the Joe Blogs newsletter by Joe Posnanski.

joeblogs.joeposnanski.com

Hi Everybody —

Wanted to take a quick minute to give you a video update of what’s going on now that I’m almost (fingers crossed) ready to deliver my next-next book, FIFTY SEASONS.

I also wanted to say: We wanted to do something special for Charlotte since I live here, and so we just added a special BIG FAN event for Sunday, May 17, 2 p.m., at the Arboretum Barnes & Noble — TWO DAYS before BIG FAN officially comes out.

The way it will work is — I’ll come out to B&N, say a few words about BIG FAN, and then personalize copies of the book; people in Charlotte will have a chance to get the book before almost anybody else. This will not be a ticketed event, but space will be limited, so getting there a bit early will probably serve you well.

Then, I’ll head straight to the airport for New York and the start of our tour.

Monday, May 18: The Strand, New York with Seth Meyers (sold out — waitlist here)

Tuesday, May 19: The Brattle Theater, Cambridge, with Howard Bryant (few tickets left).

Wednesday, May 20: St. Louis County Library, St. Louis, with Gerald Early (tickets going fast)

Thursday, May 21: Unity Temple on the Plaza, Kansas City, with Jason Kander (tickets going fast)

Friday, May 22: Hermosa County Community Center, Los Angeles, with Colin Hanks (tickets going fast)

Of course, you can preorder the book from your favorite book-filling station — you can still get signed copies from B&N and Books-a-Million and super-special signed copies from Joseph-Beth Booksellers, where you will have a chance to get a one-of-a-kind book signed by, I don’t know, Amy Poehler or something.

OK, back to the cave to finish FIFTY SEASONS. I’m ready to come back on Monday because there’s just SO much stuff to talk about in baseball. For now, I’ll just say — Mets fans, Phillies fans, Royals fans, Red Sox fans … I’m so sorry.

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.joeposnanski.com/subscribe

Molly Knight and I talked Fernando, World Series vibes and the extraordinary star power of this Yankees-Dodgers matchup — I mean, Shohei, Judge, Soto, Freddie and, of course, MOOKIE … let’s get this thing going already.

This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit joeblogs.joeposnanski.com/subscribe

OK, we’re doing our WHY WE LOVE FOOTBALL promotion via video today so, you know, pretty easy to skip if you’d like to skip. There are four days left in the free JoeBlogs offer. Preorder the book from anywhere, including:

Today’s Independent bookstore: Thunder Road Books
Amazon
Barnes & Noble
Bookshop.org
Books-A-Million
Target

And then fill out the form; be sure to include the same email address you use for JoeBlogs, and voila—I’ll give you three months free. On to other business!

When Is a Slump a Slump?

You probably know that Aaron Judge has not hit a home run since banging two of them on Aug. 25 against the Rockies. That’s 16 games ago, and over those 16 games, he’s hitting .207/.352/.359 and the Yankees are exactly .500 and have lost series to the Rangers, Cardinals and Nationals.

The sane reaction to this is: Sure, OK, every hitter slumps. Heck, the first 27 games of this season, Judge hit just .178 with four home runs, and he looked pretty helpless. He then went on a 102-game run for the ages: He hit .377/.506/.944 with 47 home runs, 109 RBIs and 86 walks. Considering how the game has changed, that’s even BETTER than Barry Bonds in his prime.

There’s nothing to see here. He’ll probably hit four homers tonight.

Thing is… this is officially the longest homerless streak of Judge’s career. He had a 15-game homerless streak in 2017, his rookie season, and he had a couple of 14-game homerless streaks in 2018 and 2019. So it’s not exactly out of character… but it is a little bit longer. And look, with Judge, he’s 6-foot-7 and close to 300 pounds, he’s 32 years old, he’s playing centerfield most days, you do have to wonder if he’s a little bit worn out. The Yankees have not given him a day off since June 19 (though they do occasionally DH him).

It’s never good to overreact—Judge has hit the ball pretty hard at times during this slump and, like I say, he might hit four home runs tonight. But, look, Yankees fans are well aware that he has not performed well in his last three postseasons—he’s hitting .143 with no doubles and five home runs in 77 plate appearances—and while the Yankees obviously want to win the division and get the bye (they’re now two games up over the slumping Orioles), what they need in October is a healthy and locked-in Aaron Judge.

Just a reminder that JoeBlogs is a reader-supported newsletter, and I’d love and appreciate your support.

And, of course, you can also like and share these posts with friends. That’s super-helpful, too.

The Gift that Keeps on Giving

It looks like the woman who is suing Deshaun Watson, alleging that he sexually assaulted her during a date in 2020, will meet with the NFL in the next couple of weeks.

“I’ve personally never had confidence in the NFL’s disciplinary process,” her lawyer, Tony Buzbee, told ESPN, “but my client has chosen to engage in it.”

Watson, through his attorney, has denied the allegations, denied even knowing about it, even though Buzbee’s team asserts that they have been trying to privately settle this lawsuit for 10 months. Browns coach Kevin Stefanski says Watson will definitely start on Sunday against Jacksonville, and that the 27th sexual misconduct complaint against Watson will not distract him or the team. “We concern ourselves with our opponent,” our guy Stefanski said.

Gotcha.

Pitch Values!

I thought it would be fun to use Baseball Savant to look at the very best hitters in baseball against every pitch. So, here we go!

Fastballs

Aaron Judge, .511 wOBA
Juan Soto, .488 wOBA
Joc Pederson, .469 wOBA
Mark Vientos, .438 wOBA
Brent Rooker, .437 wOBA

Not too many surprises here—you don’t want to throw fastballs to the heart of the Yankees lineup, that’s for sure. I actually started this little section because I was noticing the way that Rooker DESTROYS fastballs. He’s doing it for Oakland, so almost nobody’s noticing, but Rooker is hitting .298/.370/.580 with 36 home runs this year. There are a bunch of teams all around baseball kicking themselves for not picking this guy up.

Also, let’s give it up for the Mets’ Mark Vientos, who is our nominee for the 2024 Pedro Cerrano Award. Straight ball, he hit it very much—slugging .652 on fastballs and .600 on off-speed stuff. Curveballs, though, bats are afraid. He’s hitting .176 and slugging .359 on the curves.

Because Baseball Savant is so awesome, you can actually break it down even further.

Juan Soto (.507 wOBA) is the best in baseball against four-seam fastballs.
Willson Contreras (.553 wOBA) is actually the best against sinking, two-seam fastballs, though Judge isn’t far behind (and has seen a lot more two-seamers).
Joc Pederson (.616 wOBA) unloads on cutters.

Offspeed

Yordan Alvarez, .453 wOBA
Aaron Judge, .453 wOBA
Shohei Ohtani, .450 wOBA
Alec Burleson, .439 wOBA
Ezequiel Tovar, .411 wOBA

You’re just not going to fool Yordan. I think that’s his superpower. Sure, he’ll unload on pretty much everything, but he’s just so absurdly balanced at the plate that he can be looking fastball and instantly adjust and blast your offspeed offering to the moon.

Here’s the breakdown of the offspeed pitches:

Kyle Tucker is the best against changeups (.599 wOBA).
You’re not going to want to throw split-fingered fastballs to Bobby Witt Jr. (.585 wOBA). The top four against splitters are Witt, Judge, Shohei and Yordan.
Statcast has a special category for forkballs and screwballs, but they’re thrown so rarely that it’s barely worth mentioning. Brandon Marsh has somehow faced five screwballs this year (he hasn’t put any of them in play) and four forkballs (he crunched one).

Curveballs

William Contreras, .508 wOBA
Gunnar Henderson, .499 wOBA
Jesse Winker, .444 wOBA
José Ramirez, .443 wOBA
Corey Seager, .438 wOBA

Shohei Ohtani is next after the top five and Aaron Judge is eighth, so don’t think that they’re slugs against curves.

José Ramirez is one of the best curveball hitters in baseball and has been for a long time. He’s been pounding curveballs more or less every year since he came up. And yet, because he’s so good against the fastball, pitchers still throw him a higher percentage of curves than they do most of the other top hitters. He’s just a pick-your-poison kind of hitter.

Sliders

Christian Yelich, .472 wOBA
Cal Raleigh, .452 wOBA
Vladimir Guerrero .444 wOBA
Gunnar Henderson, .432 wOBA
Bobby Witt Jr., .421 wOBA

Once again, Ohtani and Judge are in the top 10—there’s simply no way to pitch to those guys. But pitchers might want to throw a few more sliders to Juan Soto. He’s hitting just .171 against sliders… but there’s a good reason for that. He almost never swings at one. Soto’s ability to recognize pitches is so otherworldly that when he sees a slider coming, he just spits on it. If the slider somehow ends up being called a strike, he’s OK with that—tip your cap to a great pitch. But he’s not going to get himself out going out of the zone. That’s how you average 132 walks a year over four seasons.*

*Soto has led the league in walks in each of the last three seasons, but this year he’s in a battle—at the moment his 118 walks is one behind his teammate Judge.

“And When You Speak of Me, Speak Well.”

Are you following this wild story revolving around Twins prospect Derek Bender? He was Minnesota’s sixth-round pick out of Coastal Carolina this year, and, apparently, while playing for Fort Myers in the second game of a doubleheader last Friday, he told multiple hitters on the Lakeland Flying Tigers what pitches starter Ross Dunn would be throwing.

After the game, the Lakeland coaches alerted the Fort Myers staff. I’m actually surprised that the home plate umpire didn’t say anything, but, anyway, Bender was benched for the final two games of the year, and the Twins released him on Thursday.

As I write this, nobody has reported with any conviction what Bender’s motivations were. The best guess so far doesn’t relate to gambling, but instead suggests that he just wanted the season to end. Fort Myers was in position to go to the playoffs, and I’ve seen some reporting that Bender was homesick. They were comfortably up in their division but then lost a few games in a row and the game in question was pivotal to Fort Myers or Lakeland making the postseason. Bender gave up what pitches were coming. Lakeland won the game 6-0.

Obviously, the first thing any of us thought of when we heard this story was the scene where Crash Davis gets ticked off at Nuke Laloosh for shaking him off.

Crash: Throwing a two-hit shutout, and he’s shaking me off, can you believe that [bleep]? Charlie, here comes the deuce, and when you speak of me, speak well.

[Nuke looks in for the sign].

Crash: Nah, nah, serve it up.

Nuke: Yeah.

[Nuke throws the curve. Charlie blasts it for a home run to rightfield. Crash walks to the mound.]

Nuke: You told him I was going to throw a deuce, right?

Crash: Yep. Man, that ball got outta here in a hurry. Anything that travels that far oughta have a damn stewardess on it, don’t you think?

I guess the “Bull Durham” version is funnier.

This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit joeblogs.joeposnanski.com/subscribe

None

Why We Love Football comes out in a month! And I just got my hardcover copy. Of course, I think it’s beautiful.

Sure, obviously, I’d love if you preorder. You can do so at:

Amazon
Barnes & Noble (also a signed edition)
Books-A-Million
Bookshop.org
Hudson Booksellers
Target
Walmart
Or best, of all, your local bookstore.

But mostly, today, I just wanted to share my excitement with you.

This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit joeblogs.joeposnanski.com/subscribe

Hi everybody!

So, and I had a little spring training talk! I don’t even remember all the stuff we talked about, I know we talked some Dodgers, some Orioles, some free agents … but, whatever, it’s always a blast to chat baseball with Molly. We’ll try to do a couple of more of these during spring training. If you have questions, leave them in the comments and we’ll try to get to them.

And it goes without saying that you should be subscribed to Molly’s newsletter. It’s great on all topics, but particularly on the Dodgers, and that team is going to be utterly fascinating all year long.

This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit joeblogs.joeposnanski.com/subscribe

Well, we’re a little more than a month into the season, so Molly Knight (check out her awesome Substack) and I go all around the league to talk about:

The goofy things happening in St. Louis
The Dodgers’ paternity leave parade
The pure awesomeness of Ronald Acuña
The struggles of Juan Soto (though he went 4-for-4 on Tuesday!)
The hope that that the Pirates can somehow keep defying gravity
The more realistic hope that the Orioles can keep defying gravity

And much more! Check it out.

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Molly Knight and I are back — talking rule changes, talking Andrew Painter, talking Manny Machado, just talking ball.

As always, I cannot more strongly recommend signing up for Molly’s Substack The Long Game, where she talks about baseball, creativity and mental health … and plenty of other things as well. She’s the best.

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe and Molly are talking World Series again with the wonderful Ellen Adair as we head into Game 6 of the World Series. We talk about what went wrong for the Phillies in Games 4 and 5, how they can turn it around in Game 6, how important it is that they get something out of pitcher Zack Wheeler, and what sort of chaos to expect if the series goes to seven games.

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe and Molly are talking World Series again with the wonderful Ellen Adair as we head into Game 6 of the World Series. We talk about what went wrong for the Phillies in Games 4 and 5, how they can turn it around in Game 6, how important it is that they get something out of pitcher Zack Wheeler, and what sort of chaos to expect if the series goes to seven games.

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

OK, Molly Knight and I are back talking some baseball — and this time we are joined but the incredibly talented and altogether delightful Ellen Adair in the moments before she headed out to her first ever live Phillies World Series game. We’re talking about Brandon Marsh’s hair, we’re talking about Rob Thompson’s mojo, we’re talking about whether Game 1 was more exciting for Ellen than her wedding. Fun!

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

OK, Molly Knight and I are back talking some baseball — and this time we are joined but the incredibly talented and altogether delightful Ellen Adair in the moments before she headed out to her first ever live Phillies World Series game. We’re talking about Brandon Marsh’s hair, we’re talking about Rob Thompson’s mojo, we’re talking about whether Game 1 was more exciting for Ellen than her wedding. Fun!

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joined by Molly Knight as we talk a little bit about the playoffs, what the heck is wrong with Cody Bellinger, how good a hitter Yordan Alvarez is and whether or not all the good players are on the West Coast now

.

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Molly Knight has had a rough last few weeks dealing with COVID and various things that have gone along with it. But she is fighting back, and in the latest episode, Joe and Molly talk about Fernando Tatis, Shohei Ohtani, the Dodgers, the Astros and what the real home run record should be.

It goes without saying that you should sign up for Molly’s substack immediately.

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Let me tell you what a trooper Molly Knight is. She has been deathly ill the last couple of weeks dealing with Covid. Like SUPER sick — can’t get out of bed sick.

But she texted me after Vin Scully passed away and said we HAD to do a podcast. So we recruited Mike Schur and talked a whole lot about Vin Scully … and the Dodgers … and the Juan Soto trade … and the sad existence of the Angels … and how much better peanut M&Ms are than regular M&Ms … and so much more!

Shortly after we did this, Molly had to check into a hospital for severe dehydration.

She’s much better now. But I gotta tell you, that’s the sort of Kellen Winslow commitment you get from Molly Knight. Sign up for her Substack, like, right now!

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

This is fun — Molly Knight and I talk about our five “favorite” baseball stories of the year so far. Only they aren’t really our favorites since we HAD to talk about the Yankees. I mean, the Yankees are overshadowing everything else in baseball so far.

So we do talk about the Yankees … and we also talk about some of our favorite stuff like Byron Buxton, the Joc Pederson-Tommy Pham thing that never ends, the Phillies’ and Braves’ winning streaks, etc.

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Listen now (48 min) | If you haven’t gotten enough baseball preview stuff here the last couple of weeks, Molly Knight and I talked some baseball, why the Dodgers didn’t bring back Kenley, how much magic the Giants lose without Buster, how much we love the Blue Jays infield and so on.

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Listen now (45 min) | Jackie Stiles is one of the greatest college basketball players ever — she set the NCAA scoring record while playing at what was then Southwest Missouri State and most of you, surely, will remember her team’s extraordinary run to the Final Four that year.

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Listen now | Hey, hey, talking a little Baseball Hall of Fame with Bob Costas. I don’t think there’s anything else I can really add to that … hope you enjoy. While I have you, many of you have noticed a bit of a rough PosCast transition with the move to Meadowlark Media — this is particularly true on Apple PodCasts and Stitcher. I believe much smarter people than me are working on it, but best I can tell, this is the best thing I can tell you.

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Listen now (36 min) | Been trying to get this podcasting this worked out now that the PosCast is with the goons over at Meadowlark media. Last week, this bonus JoeBlog podcast somehow got mixed up with the PosCast, it was mayhem, hopefully we got things worked out. This week, the magnificent Molly Knight —

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Listen now (44 min) | As a little bonus, the great Molly Knight — and if you haven’t signed up for her Substack The Long Game yet, well, frankly, I’m not sure what you’re waiting for — and I will do the occasional podcasts, talk about whatever is going on in baseball. In this episode of Molly and Joe, we talk some Hall of Fame … and we talk a bit about our friend Ken Rosenthal and his alleged firing over at MLB Network.

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Listen now (81 min) | Joe and Mike break down the World Series point by point, delving deep into each team’s strengths, weaknesses and optimal strategies … or maybe they just talk about how Atlanta should be called the Hammers and how large Yordan Álvarez is. They also break down the different types of injuries in the NFL and deal with the latest baseball emergency — the looming return of Tony La Russa.

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Listen now | Joe and Mike get out all their Yankees frustrations as Rolling Stone critic Alan Sepinwall returns to the PosCast after his long suspension. Alan also breaks down the top five television characters he would like to have serve him food at a ballgame. Joe and Mike also announce the first PosCast charity partner — the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City — and talk about the museum with President Bob Kendrick.

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Listen now (82 min) | Joe and Mike sit in the hallowed Grandstand Theater at the Baseball Hall of Fame and talk about the obvious subjects — fruit, the Cleveland Browns and the New York Times Spelling Bee — as the PosCast makes its debut on Meadowlark Media.

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

In a special episode of the PosCast, we offer a recorded conversation between Joe and the legendary Bill James from Unity Temple on the Plaza in Kansas City. The conversation was set up by Rainy Day Book to kick off Joe’s Baseball 100 book tour.

Also: Joe and Mike are going to the Hall of Fame on Saturday, October 9! Joe will be doing a Baseball 100 book event at 11 a.m., and then Joe and Mike will be doing a PosCast in front of an audience in the Grandstand Theater at 1:30 p.m. All museum guests will be welcome. More information to come.

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe and Mike talk about the awesomeness of Juan Soto and the frustrating success of the St. Louis Cardinals while also offering some expert thoughts on cryptocurrency. They also make an earth-shattering announcement about the future of the PosCast.

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Listen now (114 min) | There are emergencies across baseball, emergencies everywhere. Will the Yankees destroy us all? Will Tony La Russa win manager of the year? How do the Giants keep on winning? Joe and Mike talk for way too long about all of them. Also includes an interview with Nick Davis, director of the ESPN’s upcoming 30 For 30 documentary, “Once Upon A Time in Queens” about the 1986 Mets.

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Listen now (76 min) | It just so happens that Mike and Joe were both at the Field of Dreams Game in Dyersville, Iowa, so they talk all about that. They also catch up with special guest Jason Kander. And they answer some listener questions.

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Listen now (49 min) | In this emergency PosCast, Joe, Mike and former big-league pitcher Brandon McCarthy discuss the urgent issues of the day — should relievers’ ERAs go up when they give up inherited runs, how should we feel about the new Cleveland Guardians name and who is the worst hugger in Major League Baseball.

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

PosCast! Puh-puh-puh-puh-puh PosCast! Mike and Joe are back, answering five penetrating questions from listeners and drafting athletes that they’d like to be.

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

PosCast! Puh-puh-puh-puh-puh PosCast! Mike and Joe are back with a new format, new segments and the same level of meaninglessness.

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

The PosCast says farewell to The Athletic by setting a record for the most segments in one episode.
Joe and Mike discuss everything from “Fruit Talk” to “Yankee Minute,” “Tony La Russa The Opposite of Appreciation,” “Scooter Gennett Update,” “Sports Movie Time” and much more.
Plus, it’s a Phil Mickelson themed draft you don’t want to miss.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

The PosCast makes history with it’s first ever “live look-in!” Joe and Mike take you to Seattle to announce John Means’ no-hitter.
Then, they dive into multiple segments including the debut of “Mike Trout Appreciation” and “Tony La Russa The Opposite of Appreciation.”
Plus, they talk Lakers, strawberries, calculators and the return of the “Tommy Pham Update.”
Finally, they discuss what’s going on with the Dodgers before their baseball card poses draft.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

There is plenty to talk about across baseball so Joe welcomes back the delightful Ellen Adair to break it all down.
They start by discussing how they feel about the new rules in a full 162 game season. Then, Ellen explains what she loves the most about Aaron Nola and Joe creates the Joe Davis Fan Club.
Plus, what’s going on with the Yankees? They joyfully react to New York’s rough start. Finally, they wrap things up by talking about the most surprising and disappointing teams of 2021.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Can Joe and Mike cram segments, a draft and One Last Meaningless Thing in 75 minutes? You bet!
They kick things off my discussing their love for açaí and their fascination with the Brooklyn Nets.
Later in the show they debate MLB’s PosCast Player of the Week and check in on the Cleveland Browns after their deal for Jadeveon Clowney.
Finally, they draft team abbreviations.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

The PosCast celebrates 10 years of nonsense with their annual baseball preview. Before Joe and Mike dive into the 2021 MLB season, they have a little ‘Fruit Talk’ followed by an ‘NBA checkin’ and ‘Science Appreciation.’ (Spoiler: New segment tracks are a must listen!)
Then they break down each division by giving their predictions which are guaranteed to have an 98.3% accuracy rate.
They wrap things up by discussing The Elite Moving Company and sunglasses in One Last Meaningless Thing.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

It’s Bob Costas on The PosCast! Joe Posnanski welcomes on his longtime friend and the sportscasting great to talk about spring training, the state of baseball and much more.
They discuss what makes players “legendary,” how baseball’s analytics have actually lost many fans’ attention and what can be done to enhance the entertainment of the game.
Finally, how much stock can we put into last year’s 60-game season? They preview what to expect on the field in 2021.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur are bringing back segments from the early days of The PosCast, with a twist of course. Hear the first edition of “Fruit Talk” before they dive into “Pointless baseball memories” and a jam packed “NBA check-in.”
Plus, they draft American rivers and talk about a painting elephant in One Last Meaningless Thing.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe Posnanski welcomes back German actor, musician, comedian, YouTube personality and avid sports fan Flula Borg for a fun-filled episode of The PosCast! Before ranking American sports, the two discuss Flula’s viral baseball video and his early memories of the game in Germany.
Plus, Joe is on a mission to find Flula a MLB team. Hear the requirements necessary for his fandom.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

The commissioner has spoken and Alan Sepinwall's lifetime ban from The PosCast is over after about six weeks. He joins Joe to recap the Super Bowl and another year of disappointing Super Bowl ads. They also reflect on the career of legendary NFL coach Marty Schottenheimer. Joe and Alan go on to explain what's great about WandaVision, why the Dodgers are the new Yankees and they finish up with one last meaningless thing.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Ahead of Super Bowl LV, Joe Posnanski sits down with Ellen Adair to talk about her thoughts on the big game, the silly storylines and what it’s like covering the event.
Then, Ellen discusses her excitement surrounding J. T. Realmuto’s return to Philly and they dive into Nolan Arenado’s trade to the Cardinals.
Later in the show, they assess how each division stacks up and debate the idea of expanded playoffs.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur have plenty to get to on today’s 2-hour PosCast. They begin by discussing MLB’s Hall of Fame voting, Curt Schilling’s comments and what will happen when Alex Rodriguez and David Ortiz join the ballot next year.
Before drafting the best places to sit, they talk about the Packers’ decision to kick a field goal in the NFC Championship and Tom Brady’s 10th Super Bowl appearance.
Finally, they wrap with an epic One Last Meaningless Thing involving “taste clusters” and the “Oh REALLY?!” concept.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe Posnanski is joined by Negro Leagues Baseball Museum President Bob Kendrick to remember the life and career of the great Henry Aaron.
They discuss Aaron’s legacy, what he went through while pursuing the home run record and their personal memories of the historic ballplayer.
Later in the show, Joe welcomes Peter King to talk about the NFL’s conference championship games. They also discuss Kevin Stefanski’s season with the Browns, why Eric Bieniemy has yet to land a head coaching job and much more.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

The gang is back together! The very intimidating Brandon McCarthy joins Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur for a jam packed episode of nonsense.
They begin the show by talking about teddy bear qualities, Mike’s wavering Red Sox fandom and the practical joke he’s still mad about.
Then Joe discusses what it was like watching his beloved Browns destroy the Pittsburgh Steelers for their first playoff win since 1994. This sparks a conversation about Brandon’s appreciation for droughts in sports.
Finally, they wrap things up by drafting honorifics.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Ellen Adair joins Joe Posnanski to kick off 2021! They start the show by talking about the Phillies and their decision to hire Dave Dombrowski which leads them into a discussion about all 30 MLB teams and their identities.
Plus, Joe’s Browns are finally playoff bound after 18 seasons yet a rise in COVID-19 cases clouds Cleveland’s rematch with the Steelers. They discuss the latest situation and the NFL’s handling of the pandemic.
They wrap as always with One Last Meaningless Thing.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Before getting to the meaninglessness, Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur discuss MLB’s plan to finally recognize the Negro Leagues. They talk about why it’s taken so long and how it’s a step in the right direction.
They then dive into all sorts of listener questions including a North Pole vs. South Pole debate, a Fremulon Insurance check-in and whether or not Mike is ready to jump on the Browns’ bandwagon.
Finally, it’s a best of the year draft and you’re crazy to think they’re selecting anything from 2020. They take this draft all of the way back to 1923.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, the annual PosCast Holiday Draft! In the biggest show yet, Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur welcome Nick Offerman, Brandon McCarthy, Alan Sepinwall, Mike DiCenzo, Linda Holmes, Jason Kander, and Ellen Adair. Plus, Joe serves as a proxy for Megan Amram.
This year the crew drafts holiday movies and as you’d expect the episode is full of surprises. Tune in to hear who makes the most spiteful pick, why a Mike can’t stand a specific ‘Bad Santa 2’ joke and Brandon’s suggestion for a promotion/relegation system.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe Posnanski welcomes to the show his former colleague at The Kansas City Star, Sam Mellinger (that’s Mellinger not Ehlinger.)
Joe begins by expressing his jealousy towards Sam and the exciting Kansas City sports he’s had the opportunity to cover. Then they discuss Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs’ unstoppable offense as they reminisce on the team’s QB history over the past several decades.
Plus, they dive into the Royals and talk about how their championship in 2015 transformed the city. The wrap by examining the current state of the team and the status of the rebuild.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe Posnanski or shall we say “Joey” Posnanski welcomes back Ellen Adair for a pre-Thanksgiving edition of the show.
Joey discusses the interesting call he received about his book ‘The Soul of Baseball’ and Ellen expresses her excitement about Kim Ng.
Later in the show they talk about the Phillies general manager search and baseball free agency.
Plus, what should Theo Epstein do next? Joey weighs in on how Epstein can help save the game.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur are thrilled to discuss Kim Ng being named the first female GM in MLB.
They talk about Ng’s impressive resume, why it’s taken so long for a woman to be hired in the role and her plans for the Marlins.
Plus, they explain how this changes their view of Derek Jeter and they draft teams they “like” even though they don’t know why.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe Posnanski welcomes back longtime friend Bob Kendrick to celebrate the 109th birthday of Buck O’Neil.
The two share stories about the baseball legend and preview their livestream event through the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum with Ken Burns and Bob Costas (https://www.facebook.com/NegroLeaguesBaseballMuseum/posts/10157451227257007)
Later in the show, Claire McNear chats with Joe about her new book, ‘Answers in the Form of Questions: A Definitive History and Insider's Guide to Jeopardy!’ They remember the life of Alex Trebek and his impact in culture and society. They also discuss how Jeopardy has become so iconic, the characters we love and root for and the art of buzzing in.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Go from L.A. to Cleveland with Joe Posnanski on this episode of The PosCast. First, The Athletic’s Molly Knight joins the show to discuss what the Dodgers’ championship means to a lifelong Los Angeleno.
They also talk about the end of the Clayton Kershaw postseason narrative, old school vs. new school baseball and Molly’s journey to becoming a sportswriter.
Later in the show, Joe welcomes The Athletic’s Jason Lloyd to share his story on the 25th anniversary of the Browns leaving Cleveland for Baltimore. They discuss why Al Lerner played more of a role in the move than people think and much more.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur call an emergency episode to discuss the White Sox decision to hire Tony La Russa. They also talk about AJ Hinch’s new role with the Tigers and the hiring process across Major League Baseball.
Later in the show, Mike weighs in on the World Series and they examine the state of game in 2020.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Ellen Adair is back to help Joe Posnanski make sense of everything that happened during Game 6 of the World Series.
They discuss Justin Turner’s positive COVID-19 test and his return to the field during the Dodgers’ celebration. Next, they break down Kevin Cash’s decision to pull Blake Snell which sparks the question, where does the manager draw the line at what the numbers say?
Later in the show, Ellen weighs in on the Mike Trout vs. Mookie Betts’ debate and they talk about all of the craziness from Game 4. They wrap by discussing Joe’s Halloween plans in One Last Meaningless Thing.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

To warm up the show, Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur break down their World Series observations, Clayton Kershaw’s quest for a ring and the concerns surrounding the Dodgers’ starting pitching.
Then they get into the conversation everyone is talking about, has Mookie Betts passed Mike Trout as the best player in baseball? They debate all the important intangibles including, who you’d rather go to Ikea with, who is the better hugger and, most importantly, who you’d rather go to a breakfast buffet with.
They wrap by drafting articles of clothing and discussing their one last meaningless thing.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe Posnanski welcomes in Cleveland Brown legend, 10-time Pro Bowl offensive tackle and current NFL Network analyst, Joe Thomas.
They discuss Thomas’ life after football and what he’s enjoyed most about becoming an analyst.
Plus, the Browns are 4-1 (that’s not a typo!) Thomas talks about the team’s success this season as well as the rise in offense around the NFL.
Later in the show, President of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, Bob Kendrick reflects on the life and career of Joe Morgan, Lou Brock and many of the other baseball greats we have lost in 2020.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe Posnanski welcomes in friend of 28 years and award-winning sports columnist at the New York Post, Mike Vaccaro.
The two start the show by remembering Eddie Van Halen as well as the countless great baseball players we have lost this year.
Before diving into the postseason, Mike discusses New York’s championship drought across the sports landscape and what it’s been like covering these teams over the past decade.
Finally, they both weigh in on their thoughts from the first round of the playoffs and give their predictions of who will win each division and the World Series.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

No description can do this episode justice. Comedian Jeff Garlin joins Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur to discuss just about everything.
They talk about the NBA, the baseball postseason, cardboard cutouts, team’s making bad decisions, A-Rod on TV, the Marlins’ unidentifiable roster and of course Jeff’s Cubs.
Plus, you aren’t going to want to miss this office supplies draft. Let’s just say Jeff wasn’t too happy with commissioner Roger Goodell’s ruling.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe Posnanski welcomes in longtime friend and MLB.com reporter, Anthony Castrovince to preview the 16-team postseason.They discuss all of the weirdness from the regular season and how the moves (or lack of moves) at the trade deadline could have a big impact on this year’s playoff format.Plus, they give their AL and NL predictions and of course talk a little Bruce Springsteen.Later in the show, legendary sports photographer Andrew Bernstein joins Joe from the NBA bubble.They discuss his career behind the lens, the art of capturing the shot and what photography means in today’s digital world.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur welcome back bestselling author and host of the Majority 54 podcast, Jason Kander.
They discuss some of the most famous missed calls in sports and the life lessons that come from them.
Plus, while Joe checks in on the Cleveland Browns, Jason discusses the excitement of being a Chiefs’ fan.
Finally, they draft American rockstars, or at least that’s what Mike and Joe are drafting, we’re not sure about Jason.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Believe it or not, postseason baseball is almost here! Brandon McCarthy joins Joe Posnanski to talk about all of the weirdness in the standings.
Plus, should ties exist in baseball? Is the pitch clock here to stay? What players have really caught their attention in this short season?
They discuss it all, as well as Joe’s fascination for untangling things.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Ellen Adair and Alan Sepinwall are back for a “podcast screwball comedy” as Joe Posnanski would call it.
Alan is forced to answer what’s been going on with the Yankees while Ellen tries to explain why she drafted Luke Voit in fantasy. The group then discusses other teams they are watching heading into the postseason.
Later in the show, the trio debates the controversial question, did Dottie Hinson drop the ball on purpose?

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Hosts Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur talk about the current climate of sports as players and leagues protest social injustice in America. The pair also eulogizes Michael's father-in-law, Regis Philbin, as they look back on his remarkable life. Hear about Phiblin's aspirations to make it in the television, it's safe to consider that goal as a mission accomplished.Later in the show they answer your listener questions.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

World Series Champion, 3x All-Star and NL MVP Ryan Howard joins Joe Posnanski and a very excited Ellen Adair.
Ryan discusses his memories of Buck O'Neil and some of his all-time favorite home runs (including one that involved a bad White Castle experience.)
Later in the show, he talks about first falling in love with baseball and his current efforts to grow the game in the Black community with The Players Alliance.
Finally, they weigh in on the Fernando Tatís Jr. controversy and the ‘unwritten rules’ of baseball.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Alexa Datt and Dani Wexelman join Joe Posnanski (Uncle Joe as they like to call him) to discuss all things baseball.
They talk about the challenging aspects of the game in 2020 and what has brought them the most joy in this weird season. Plus, hear why they are divided on the rule changes.
Finally, they draft who they would put on their cardboard cutouts.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe Posnanski welcomes in longtime friend and renowned play-by-play broadcaster, Kevin Harlan!

Kevin talks about how he's coped with a sports-less spring and early summer - including what it felt like to miss out on March Madness for the first time in a very long time. Hear about his experiences inside the NBA bubble as the league gears up for its restart.

Plus, the two discuss raising their children and cutting their teeth in the sports media industry, while Kevin looks back on some of his famous broadcasting calls.

Later in the show, they dive into the top storylines to follow as the NBA tips off in Orlando.

The PosCast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur regularly posts new episodes of meaninglessness each week. To ensure you never miss an episode, subscribe to the show in The Athletic App or wherever you get your podcasts!
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Alan Yang and Dave King join Michael Schur and Joe Posnanski for a special reunion of the Fire Joe Morgan blog.

The guys reminisce on how the site began and when they realized it became so popular.

Later in the show they answer your questions about David Eckstein, Mookie Betts and the most overrated base.

They wrap by discussing Opening Day and the return of sports.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Brandon McCarthy and Ellen Adair join Joe Posnanski for the 200th episode of The PosCast!

Before diving into the 60-game season, Joe poses the question, should sports teams change their names more often?

The trio then discuss the testing problems throughout MLB and give their predictions on what Opening Day will look like and if fans may actually enjoy a shorter season.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur discuss what’s finally prompted Dan Snyder and others to consider changing their team names.

Later in the show the two discuss their concerns for sports’ return amid the rise in COVID-19 cases across the United States.

Finally, they draft their favorite hours of the day.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur discuss the never-ending baseball negotiations and the role of commissioner in sports.

Plus, what’s the best baseball name from the 2020 MLB Draft? They answer your most meaningless questions.

They wrap by drafting condiments for the first time in PosCast history (we think!)
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe Posnanski and Ellen Adair talk about MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred’s most recent comments and what they’ll mean to the prospect of a 2020 MLB season.

Later in the show, they’re joined by The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal, who breaks down the latest information and gives his prediction on whether baseball will be played this year.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe Posnanski looks to Kansas City for a candid discussion about race and the importance of diversity in the game of baseball with Royals General Manager Dayton Moore and President of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, Bob Kendrick.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Frequent PosCast guest host and actress Ellen Adair joins host Joe Posnanski to discuss the many issues across the globe right now. The pair talks about the ongoing MLB labor discussions amid the pandemic and Ellen hints at some optimism that there will be a baseball season in 2020.

Joe makes up some segments on the spot to make sure Ellen is on her toes. Say hello to "Ask Ellen If This Is A Great Player Or Not" and "A Reading With Ellen" where Joe gets to live out his dream of being an actor alongside Ellen.

The PosCast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur regularly posts new episodes of meaninglessness each week. To ensure you never miss an episode, subscribe to the show in The Athletic App or wherever you get your podcasts!
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

PosCast Pop Culture Correspondent Linda Holmes jumps on the latest episode of the PosCast to draft the world's greatest cereals with hosts Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur!

Michael reveals how he navigated his numerous humiliations to ensure that the L.A. Regional Food Bank was supported - including eating a hot fruit pie and getting his hands on and wearing a Derek Jeter jersey. Plus, do writers really care about what critics have to say? Michael and Linda weigh in.

Stick around for the hilarious cereal draft! See which cereal Michael describes as the "mainlining heroin of breakfast cereals" and hear how Linda selects her brigade of cereals that will help her attain her never ending quest for world domination.

The PosCast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur regularly posts new episodes of meaninglessness each week. To ensure you never miss an episode, subscribe to the show in The Athletic App or wherever you get your podcasts!
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Talk of a potential 2020 baseball season is heating up and the PosCast is talking about it! Former MLB Pitcher Brandon McCarthy and Rolling Stone's Chief TV Critic Alan Sepinwall join host Joe Posnanski to ponder what a socially distant version of baseball could actually look like.

Following the baseball talk, the crew drafts the things that they've discovered to replace the absence of sports during the global pandemic.

The PosCast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur regularly posts new episodes of meaninglessness each week. To ensure you never miss an episode, subscribe to the show in The Athletic App or wherever you get your podcasts!
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

In what will surely go down as one of the shortest PosCasts in recent memory, hosts Joe Posnanski & Michael Schur say hello to comedian, Gary Gulman!

Joe taps into Mike and Gary's Boston roots to talk about the town's many sports heroes and who they think is the most popular. Michael takes issue with the traditional end-of-game baseball celebration. Hear his fix for a situation that always seems to confuse the two guys that it most frequently involves.

The trio takes a walk down memory lane to talk about their earliest memories from collecting baseball cards and how that evolved into playing Strat-O-Matic Baseball at a later age. All this in more in a brisk 68-minute episode!

The PosCast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur regularly posts new episodes of meaninglessness each week. To ensure you never miss an episode, subscribe to the show in The Athletic App or wherever you get your podcasts!
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe Posnanski and guest host Ellen Adair welcome acclaimed baseball writer Keith Law to discuss his new book, "The Inside Game: Bad Calls, Strange Moves, and What Baseball Behavior Teaches Us About Ourselves." (1:21)

The book dives into how the inner workings of the game of baseball can forever impact baseball history. You can get your copy anywhere that books are sold!

The group discusses the various shortcomings with baseball movies "Trouble With The Curve" and "The Babe" (30:42) before laying out what they think baseball will look like if and when it returns from its hiatus (35:36). For the draft, the group posits their life lessons that were learned because of baseball (49:52).

The PosCast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur regularly posts new episodes of meaninglessness each week. To ensure you never miss an episode, subscribe to the show in The Athletic App or wherever you get your podcasts!
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe and Michael welcome in Stefan Fatsis and Jonathan Hock for a delightful primer to the 2020 Name of the Year Bracket that takes place on unnamedtemporarysportsblog.com. Get your fill of some of the zaniest, real-life names and pick your favorites at @NOTYtourney on Twitter!

Following the names discussion, the crew drafts the first baseball players that pop into their minds. Frank Duffy? Lee Lacy? Mark Quinn? The possibilities are endless!

The PosCast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur regularly posts new episodes of meaninglessness each week. To ensure you never miss an episode, subscribe to the show in The Athletic App or wherever you get your podcasts!
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Another week in quarantine and another PosCast featuring a pair of former big league pitchers. Longtime Atlanta Braves reliever, Peter Moylan jumps aboard the pod alongside co-hosts Joe Posnanski & Brandon McCarthy! He tells all about his journey from Australia all the way to the major leagues. This one has more twists and turns than the typical success story (15:20).

Hear how Peter has utilized his time in quarantine from jumping back into video games to ensuring that he now has the greenest grass on the block (29:30).

Finally, the trio drafts the funniest things they've ever seen happen on a baseball diamond (39:11). With 25 combined years of MLB experience plus Joe's illustrious baseball writing career, you're in for some big time comedic relief!

The PosCast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur regularly posts new episodes of meaninglessness each week. To ensure you never miss an episode, subscribe to the show in The Athletic App or wherever you get your podcasts!
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Host Michael Schur returns to The PosCast alongside Joe Posnanski as they break down the Baseball 100 series with C. Trent Rosecrans and special guest, Joey Votto!

Votto gives his thoughts on the Baseball 100 list, Mike Trout's ranking and who should be No. 1. Plus, hear how baseball history has influenced his career.

The PosCast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur regularly posts new episodes of meaninglessness each week. To ensure you never miss an episode, subscribe to the show in The Athletic App or wherever you get your podcasts!
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

It's an all baseball pod as host Joe Posnanski welcomes in former MLB pitcher Brandon McCarthy and reigning World Series Champion Sean Doolittle for this hilarious episode!

Find out how often Brandon and Sean check out their Baseball Reference pages and get an inside look on how Sean is handling the extended delay of the start of baseball season. The trio drafts the everyday things they're missing most during quarantine and Sean hints at what might be his new entrance song when baseball does finally resume.

The PosCast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur regularly posts new episodes of meaninglessness each week. To ensure you never miss an episode, subscribe to the show in The Athletic App or wherever you get your podcasts!
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Host Joe Posnanski brings back favorite guest hosts Brandon McCarthy and Ellen Adair to chat about how they're surviving the sports-less quarantine right now in America. They discuss whether re-watching old games is satisfying the sports void and Brandon plays teacher as he talks about what pitchers can do to make hitters' lives a nightmare.

The crew answers mailbag questions before Joe welcomes in Eric Nusbaum to talk about his book Stealing Home about how Dodger Stadium came to pass in Los Angeles in the early 1960s.

The trio then drafts the things they most want to accomplish during the quarantine. Hear why Joe has his sights set on taking down Clayton Kershaw and Susan Sarandon in table tennis now that he has his very own ping-pong set.

The PosCast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur regularly posts new episodes of meaninglessness each week. To ensure you never miss an episode, subscribe to the show in The Athletic App or wherever you get your podcasts!
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Host Joe Posnanski welcomes back in co-host Michael Schur and recurring super-guest Nick Offerman for what would have been the 2020 MLB Preview show but given the current situation in America and the lack of actual baseball, they turn to discussing nonsense instead.

Mike breaks down how a selfless charitable donation could become a months-long ordeal in which he has to do some of his least favorite things. Fans of The Office will enjoy as Mike recounts some of his inside baseball stories of portraying Mose and what went into his beard growing strategies.

Joe addresses the elephant in the room by asking Mike about Tom Brady's departure from the Patriots and then the trio breaks down annoying sports things that we now miss in this episode's draft.

The PosCast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur regularly posts new episodes of meaninglessness each week. To ensure you never miss an episode, subscribe to the show in The Athletic App or wherever you get your podcasts!
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Baseball season may be on hold, but the PosCast rolls on for a third consecutive week! Former MLB Pitcher Brandon McCarthy and Rolling Stone's Chief TV Critic Alan Sepinwall join host Joe Posnanski for a trio of entertainment to help you get through your COVID-19 quarantine.

This three-headed monster talks about how the coronavirus outbreak will impact players during the delay of Opening Day, give their picks of shows you should watch while you're locked down at home.

For the draft, they select their favorite baseball movie characters! Find out which Kevin Costner character goes #1 overall and also prepare yourself to hear which baseball movie actually came out on Brandon's 10th birthday (we checked, it's true!)

The PosCast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur regularly posts new episodes of meaninglessness each week. To ensure you never miss an episode, subscribe to the show in The Athletic App or wherever you get your podcasts!
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe Posnanski welcomes on guest host Ellen Adair as they get you ready for everything baseball as Opening Day approaches (5:29)!

Ellen shares her feelings on the baseball offseason and expresses some excitement about her 2020 Phillies despite the team's addition of former Yankees Didi Gregorius and Joe Girardi (25:43)

The pair then drafts their favorite things about attending a baseball game -- the perfect way to get baseball fans going leading up to the season's first pitch (1:03:42)!

The PosCast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur regularly posts new episodes of meaninglessness each week. To ensure you never miss an episode, subscribe to the show in The Athletic App or wherever you get your podcasts!
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Hosts Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur reunite for their first PosCast episode as part of The Athletic podcast family.

The pair recap the last couple of months in the baseball world, talking about the impact of the Astros scandal and the Red Sox decision to deal Mookie Betts.

We pick our least favorite things about the month of March and give some meaningless takes on a cutting-edge apple and a tried-and-true, American study material.

The PosCast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur regularly posts new episodes of meaninglessness each week. To ensure you never miss an episode, subscribe to the show in The Athletic App or wherever you get your podcasts!
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Hosts Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur return to congratulate Derek Jeter and Larry Walker's election into the 2020 class of the National Baseball Hall of Fame! Michael pretends like Jeter isn't a Hall of Famer for a moment, raising eyebrows across the Twitterverse that he might have been the one that didn't vote for Jeter (it wasn't really him!)The pair peeks ahead to future candidacies of other potential future nominees -- including defensive wizard Omar Vizquel and the dominant, yet polarizing, Curt Schilling.
After a quick look at the upcoming Chiefs-49ers Super Bowl, Mike & Joe draft their least favorite rules in the NFL. Do you hate the chain gang? How about video review? Maybe you're not a fan of the excessive pass interference epidemic? This is the draft for you!
The PosCast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur regularly posts new episodes of meaninglessness every two or so weeks. To ensure you never miss an episode, subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

It's the annual PosCast Holiday Blowout Show, featuring everyone's favorite guests of the PosCast! Hosts Joe Posnanski & Michael Schur are joined by Nick Offerman, Brandon McCarthy, Alan Sepinwall, Mike Dicenzo, Linda Holmes and Michael even serves as a proxy for Megan Amram!
Tune in as this holiday-themed food draft spirals off into a deep dive about the merits of a traditional Thanksgiving Dinner. Duck a l'Orange, Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwiches and cold water all jockey for position as the top holiday food item -- head over to Twitter (@JoePosnanski) and cast your vote for the winner. It's for a great cause!
The PosCast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur regularly posts new episodes of meaninglessness every two or so weeks. To ensure you never miss an episode, subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

The PosCast is back with another episode -- and we're talking about everybody's favorite autumnal debate...warm fruit vs cold fruit. Yes, it's back! So are the shirts! So go to https://cottonbureau.com/people/joe-posnanski to buy the type of fruit you prefer, it's for a good cause!Joe & Mike join forces to talk about how great Lamar Jackson has looked during his MVP-caliber sophomore season. The duo wonders how much more fun ti would be if he were on a team that weren't the Ravens. How much fun would it be watching him on the Bengals or Bills?Next up, it's an unofficial Yankee Minute, in which Mike and Joe talk about how Derek Jeter deserves to be in the Hall of Fame but also touch on the fact that he was a BAD shortstop during his playing days and why they think he's overratedFor the draft, Joe and Michael go back and forth picking things they're thankful for -- selecting topics ranging from Baby Yoda to Juan Soto to......Billy Wagner? You gotta hear it to believe it.The PosCast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur regularly posts new episodes of meaninglessness every two or so weeks. To ensure you never miss an episode, subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Hosts Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur return to recap the first World Series in Washington Nationals history. The pair drafts their favorite games from the 2019 World Series!
The draft is followed by a long-overdue Cleveland Browns Check In! Unfortunately, despite great expectations for 2019, they're still really bad. Get the input of a lifelong (Joe) and a passive (Mike) Browns fan as they address why the AFC just hasn't been that much fun since the rise of the Patriots.
One Last Meaningless Thing caps it off as Joe talks about why Greek yogurt shouldn't be universally accepted as the best yogurt and Mike makes some great points about the Baseball Hall of Fame.
The PosCast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur regularly posts new episodes of meaninglessness every two or so weeks. To ensure you never miss an episode, subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Hosts Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur welcome in Megan Amram (acclaimed writer of "The Good Place" on NBC) for a PosCast full of Houdini puns and baseball predictions.The group chats about how the Yankees can and will miraculously crawl out of the steep ALCS deficit they face against the Houston Astros and give their prediction for who will go on to win the 2019 World Series.Megan does her best to come up with off-the-cuff Houdini puns in a pseudo-draft in which she is responsible for making selections for not only herself, but also for Michael and Joe. Bless your heart for playing along, Megan.The PosCast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur regularly posts new episodes of meaninglessness every two or so weeks. To ensure you never miss an episode, subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Host Joe Posnanski is joined by legendary comedian Gary Gulman as he prepares for the debut of his live HBO Special "The Great Depresh" on October 5.Gary talks about the trials and tribulations that a young comedian faces while trying to get their break and dives into the mental health issues that he has overcome along the way. Be sure to tune in to the HBO Special on Saturday, October 5 at 10 PM ET!The PosCast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur regularly posts new episodes of meaninglessness every two or so weeks. To ensure you never miss an episode, subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

The PosCast is back for another episode! Hosts Joe Posnanski & Michael Schur talk about the Season 4 Premiere of "The Good Place" which airs September 26 on NBC at 8:30 PM!
The duo looks back on their time at Wrigley Field -- and the ensuing freefall by the Chicago Cubs that's occurred since their departure. Then, we take a look at how our favorite PosCast players, such as Khris Davis, Tim Anderson and Franmil Reyes are faring.
Baseball's longball epidemic hasn't shown any signs of subsiding as the pennant races heat up -- how can baseball address the crazy home run boom?The PosCast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur regularly posts new episodes of meaninglessness every two or so weeks. To ensure you never miss an episode, subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Wrigley Field Weekend continues as the PosCast welcomes both Nick Offerman and Ryan Dempster to the WGN Booth in the Windy City!This rare, segment-free version of the PosCast spends a strange amount of time talking about Dempster's hitting stats (although he was a pitcher.) The group also makes its cases for why Ryan should be a MLB Hall of Famer and is treated to the story of why Ryan hit Alex Rodriguez during his first post-suspension at-bat at Fenway Park.Nick performs yet another sparkling rendition of "One Last Meaningless Song" which makes for a lovely end to a great weekend.The PosCast sincerely thanks their friends with the Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field and WGN for being so accommodating during their weekend in Chicago!The PosCast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur regularly posts new episodes of meaninglessness every two or so weeks. To ensure you never miss an episode, subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

PosCast hosts Michael Schur & Joe Posnanski are joined by friend of the show, Nick Offerman for a "live" PosCast episode from Chicago's Wrigley Field!Nick serves as a special musical guest as he sings all of The PosCast's glorious segment jingles, talks about his beloved Cubs and their playoff prospects and helps nickname a new PosCast player.In the draft, the gang picks their favorite teams that just plain suck. Who makes the list? Stick around for One Last Meaningless Thing, in which Nick declares "bacon is something that doesn't need any help, cook the bacon and eat it."The PosCast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur regularly posts new episodes of meaninglessness every two or so weeks. To ensure you never miss an episode, subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Important Announcement! The PosCast will be joined by Nick Offerman for live PosCast episodes the weekend of September 13-15 at Chicago's Wrigley Field! Follow Joe & Mike on Twitter for more information about this special, live event.The Yankees continue to roll while the Red Sox season appears it will conclude without any postseason games. Michael chimes in on the departure of Dave Dombrowski while Joe shares his thoughts about the new-look Browns' latest shellacking in Week 1.Then, it's draft time! Michael & Joe step into their time machines and evoke memories of yesteryear with their favorite childhood gadgets. From Electric Football to Walkmans to Laser Tag, relive your younger years with this trip down memory lane.The PosCast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur regularly posts new episodes of meaninglessness every two or so weeks. To ensure you never miss an episode, subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Michael Schur is back again to start another exciting season of the PosCast! He and Joe look into the juiced baseball phenomenon of 2019 and the bevy of 20+ HR players that it's led to. What can be done? What will be done? We give the expert takes.Because a PosCast Player of 2019 was never selected, we bring you updates across the board for what will become known as the PosCast Player Jubilee! Will Khris Davis hit .247 again? How many homers will the Orioles give up?Then it's time for another draft -- in which the pair selects their favorite innings of a baseball game? What are their favorites? Which innings will get left out? Mike & Joe have the answers!The PosCast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur regularly posts new episodes of meaninglessness every two or so weeks. To ensure you never miss an episode, subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Actress & Baseball Fanatic Ellen Adair re-joins The PosCast for a strictly baseball episode with host Joe Posnanski!Ellen dips into her Phillies fandom to give her take on year one of being a Bryce Harper fan and talks about how baffling his power drought has been in 2019 given how everyone else is hitting dingers this season. The pair give their ideas on how to tweak MLB in order to make the game better and cut down on home runs.
The duo then takes on a baseball stats draft -- wOBA, WRC+ and WAR -- baseball nerds everywhere rejoice for this one-of-a-kind draft!
The PosCast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur regularly posts new episodes of meaninglessness every two or so weeks. To ensure you never miss an episode, subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

The PosCast makes its triumphant return as regular hosts Joe Posnanski & Michael Schur reunite after a short break. All of your favorite segments are back, including a heartfelt "Yankee Minute" where the crew talks about bona fide MLB stars, Gio Urshela, Luke Voit and Domingo German and their roles on the first-place Yankees. A new segment called "Ask Mike" makes its debut! Just like the name suggests, Joe fires off questions for Mike to answer. We make our nominations for the 2019 PosCast Player. Who could it be? Tim Anderson? Franmil Reyes? Khris Davis? Let us know on Twitter!Stick around until the end for a special PosCast announcement and everybody's favorite, "One Last Meaningless Thing."The PosCast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur regularly posts new episodes of meaninglessness every two or so weeks. To ensure you never miss an episode, subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Ellen Adair (of hit TV shows Homeland, Billions & The Sinner) is the latest guest to grace The PosCast! Ellen joins Joe as the tandem holds court on an awesome draft where they pick their favorite Shakespeare lines of all time.

Ellen also details her intense Phillies fandom while also admitting she likes to admire greatness around the league. Hear why Ellen's family brought her up to hate the Yankees in "Yankee Minute" and find out which under-the-radar baseball player was her first love.

The PosCast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur regularly posts new episodes of meaninglessness every two or so weeks. Be sure to subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Acclaimed ESPN & ESPNW sports writer Mechelle Voepel joins the show this week as part of the "Cavalcade of Guests" tour during Michael's absence. The duo talks about the NCAA Women's Final Four before working into Mechelle's new-found love as Cardinals fan during the Paul Goldschmidt era.

This episode's draft focuses on the greatest Olympic moments in history as recalled by Joe and Mechelle. Remember the greatness of Olympians like Mike Eruzione, Michael Phelps and Simone Biles!

The PosCast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur regularly posts new episodes of meaninglessness every two or so weeks. Be sure to subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe is joined by acclaimed author Wayne Coffey, to talk about his newest project, "They Said It Couldn't Be Done: The '69 Mets, New York City, and the Most Astounding Season in Baseball History" which goes deep inside the 1969 World Series-winning New York Mets! Wayne and Joe scratch the surface on some of his favorite stories he uncovered writing this book -- including stories about Mets legends such as Tom Seaver and Gil Hodges! Pick up your copy wherever you get your books or audiobooks!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

PosCast Pop Culture Correspondent Linda Holmes joins the show this week and takes a trip down memory lane for a riveting draft of crush-worthy 1980s movie characters!

Get Linda's thoughts on the beginning of baseball season and hear which team she's gravitating to now after spending the past couple of seasons as an Astros fan. Joe & Linda also chat up Linda's new book release slated for June of this year, get your pre-orders for "Evvie Drake Starts Over" wherever you get your reading material!

The PosCast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur regularly posts new episodes of meaninglessness every two or so weeks. Be sure to subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Michael Schur makes his triumphant return for the annual MLB Preview Episode! Since the season is already underway, Joe & Mike have an even clearer picture of how things will play out in 2019 and attempt to improve upon their near-flawless track record of predicting what will happen this season on the diamond. Hear if your team will make the playoffs this season (Hint: if they didn't win on Opening Day, it's not looking good!)

Stick around for this episode's epic One Last Meaningless Thing, where Michael and Joe further debate the correct construction of the Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich. Crunchy or Creamy? Toasted or Partially Toasted? These are the questions you need answered -- and they're answered right here on The PosCast.

The PosCast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur regularly posts new episodes of meaninglessness every two or so weeks. Be sure to subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Friend (and also beloved enemy) of the PosCast, Alan Sepinwall, joins Joe just before baseball season's first full slate of games to chat about his displeasure for the penny-pinching New York Yankees in an unforgettable Yankee Minute.

Alan admits that he's ready to start rooting for the Cleveland Browns following the Odell Beckham Jr. trade and the duo goes back and forth as they draft their best 5-person squad from the cast of Madmen. Also, One Last Meaningless Thing is back! Hear what kinds of meaningless things Joe & Alan are stewing about this week.

The PosCast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur regularly posts new episodes of meaninglessness every two or so weeks. Be sure to subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Another week, another hilarious comedian on the PosCast -- this time, it's Steve Hofstetter! Stay tuned as Joe & Steve draft who they deem to be the 10 most superior television animals.

Steve talks about his fandom for the New York Mets, which teams Mets fans consider to be their biggest rivals and delivers his take on the Bryce Harper signing in Philadelphia. Joe also gets Steve's reaction on the new MLB rule changes and gets a prediction on the 2019 Mets.

Also, the Browns are back with our first Cleveland Browns Check In of the offseason following the Odell Beckham Jr. acquisition!

The PosCast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur regularly posts new episodes of meaninglessness every two or so weeks. Be sure to subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

This week, host Joe Posnanski welcomes in comedian Alex Edelman to draft their favorite fictional sports movie characters. See if your all-time favorite character (or animal!) gets selected in this hilarious draft!

Joe & Alex discuss who is most responsible for the everlasting New England Patriots dynasty and talk about the downfall of the DVD in "One Last Meaningless Thing."

The PosCast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur regularly posts new episodes of meaninglessness every two or so weeks. Be sure to subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

This week, host Joe Posnanski welcomes in comedian Gary Gulman to draft the greatest mobsters from television & movie lore. Who would be your #1 pick?

Gary gives a heartfelt, most-hated Yankee moment during this episode's "Yankee Minute," discusses the usefulness of frame stores and moving sidewalks in "One Last Meaningless Thing" and we get his thoughts on the great success that Boston's professional sports teams have enjoyed since the turn of the century.

The PosCast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur regularly posts new episodes of meaninglessness every two or so weeks. Be sure to subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Host Joe Posnanski welcomes in Jay Jaffe -- the Pro Baseball Hall of Fame maven & author of The Cooperstown Casebook -- to talk about the 2019 HOF Class.

Get their thoughts on Mariano Rivera becoming the first-ever unanimous selection to be enshrined and hear who could be next in 2020. Also, what should the approach be for steroid-era baseball players? Joe & Jay discuss how to handle the most controversial names like Bonds, Clemens, Schilling & Rose.

The PosCast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur regularly posts new episodes of meaninglessness every two or so weeks. Be sure to subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe Posnanski & Michael Schur recap a wild-and-crazy Championship Sunday in the NFL that saw the Patriots and the Rams advance to Super Bowl LIII. They do the dirty work for the NFL on how to fix its glaring replay and officiating problems.

The hosts then turn the page to the upcoming National Baseball Hall of Fame announcement and break down each candidate one-by-one to decide who deserves to get the nod. Also, stick around for another One Last Meaningless Thing To End This Meaningless Thing!

The PosCast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur regularly posts new episodes of meaninglessness every two or so weeks. Be sure to subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe Posnanski & Michael Schur welcome in super-guest Tommy Tomlinson for the first PosCast of 2019. Cover your ears as Mike & Joe ruin movies in what could very well become the show's newest segment.

The gang talks about the impending All-Star season that Troy Tulowitzki will enjoy now that he's joined the Evil Empire in the Yankee Minute. They take a retrospective look on the much-improved 2018 Browns and talk about who could be the next coach to usher them into future prominence. Mike also proclaims that the Browns will be the trendy Super Bowl pick going into the 2019 season.

Also, Michael or LeBron? Ruth or Trout? Howe or Crosby? The trio talks about who they'd take in these legendary one-on-one matchups.

The PosCast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur regularly posts new episodes of meaninglessness every two or so weeks. Be sure to subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

It's the annual PosCast Holiday Blowout Show, featuring everyone's favorite guests of the PosCast! Hosts Joe Posnanski & Michael Schur are joined by Nick Offerman, Brandon McCarthy, Alan Sepinwall, Mike Dicenzo and Linda Holmes!

Tune in as the gang connects the dots between World War I armies, Buddy the Elf, Heat Miser and Phil Connors from Groundhog Day in this (very loosely defined) draft of favorite holiday characters.

The PosCast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur will post new episodes every two weeks from July 17 through mid-December. Be sure to subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Holiday spirit is in the air -- that means your favorite podcast hosts, Joe Posnanski & Michael Schur, are in the spirit of giving back! Cast your vote in The Great Fruit Debate with a purchase of a tee shirt to benefit each of the hosts' selected charity!

Link to Joe's shirt: "Fruit Pie Is Delicious" - cb.plus/fruitrules

Link to Mike's shirt: "Hot Fruit Is Disgusting" - cb.plus/fruitblows

Joe & Mike also talk Hue Jackson's awkward reunion with his former team in the Browns Update, they break down the latest MLB rumors, including what it will mean when the Yankees sign both Bryce Harper & Manny Machado this offseason. The pair closes out the show with some listener questions, see if yours made the cut!

The PosCast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur will post new episodes every two weeks from July 17 through mid-December. Be sure to subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Hosts Joe Posnanski & Michael Schur buck the trend and kick off this week's PosCast with football talk! Hear why Mike is fired up about game management in the NFL and the duo wonders aloud about the Cleveland Browns' next potential head coach -- Condoleezza Rice???

Join us for a breakdown of the MLB awards to talk about which Manager of the Year recipient will be the first one to lose his job, which young ballplayer is going to be the best one and why Jacob deGrom deserved to win the NL Cy Young no matter what his win total was.

Mike and Joe unveil the PosCast Charity Tee Shirt Contest that gets underway as we enter the holiday season! Visit: https://www.patreon.com/JoeBlogs/overview for more information on the contest and to get your exclusive "Fruit Pie Is Delicious" or "Hot Fruit Is Disgusting" tee shirt!

The PosCast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur will post new episodes every two weeks from July 17 through mid-December. Be sure to subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

The Red Sox won the World Series, so you know what's coming -- it's Michael Schur's time to gloat in the glory of a fourth championship in the past 17 seasons. An extended Yankee Minute reflects on Boston's latest championship, Michael also answers questions from PosCast listeners.

The pair checks in on the Browns and thinks out loud about where the Browns go in the post-Hue Jackson era in Cleveland. Joe & Mike also stick right to the topic in Sports Movie Time -- in which their discussion goes from Jerry Maguire, to Moneyball, to Dave Roberts' managing in the World Series.

The PosCast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur will post new episodes every two weeks from July 17 through mid-December. Be sure to subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

It's time for the Fall Classic, and Joe and Mike are here to set the table on what's been called a dream matchup for Michael's jerk son (who happens to be both a Dodgers & Red Sox fan.) Playoff Kershaw, Mookie Betts' theatrics and an impossible prediction from Michael make for a great World Series preview.

The duo ponders where the Browns stand after their fourth overtime game of the season resulted in another loss. Sports Movie Time poses the question of who won the first fight between Rocky Balboa and Apollo Creed in the original Rocky. Also, Joe reveals the new sponsor of the PosCast, Robinhood!

The PosCast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur will post new episodes every two weeks from July 17 through mid-December. Be sure to subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Step aside Pinstripes, Mike is ready to bask in all of his glory over the Red Sox tidy, 4-game disposal of everyone's most-hated baseball team. Hosts Joe Posnanski & Michael Schur welcome in former big league pitcher Brandon McCarthy to deliver a touching eulogy to the Yankees' 2018 season. Hear about the stake that Joe & Brandon drove through their friendship with Mike during Game 3 of the ALDS.

The gang looks back on what will positively go down as THE WORST game-winning field goal in NFL history, reveals whether Scooter Gennett was able to achieve the elusive "Scooter" in the 2018 season and tries to come up with a believable backstory for the beloved character, Willie Mays Hayes, from Major League.

The PosCast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur will post new episodes every two weeks from July 17 through mid-December. Be sure to subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

It's segments galore on the latest episode of the Poscast! Hosts Joe Posnanski & Michael Schur lament the utter lunacy that is the 2018 rendition of Luke Voit in the Yankee Minute, celebrate victory in what will become known as the most triumphant Browns Check In in modern history and revisit The Natural to talk about a previously untouched topic in Sports Movie Time.

Also, what do lasers, snakes and RVs have in common? Find out as Joe & Mike put on their thinking caps to re-imagine different ways to replace the chain gang in NFL Games in this show's draft. Have we heard from Papa John for the last time? One Last Meaningless Thing has the answer.

The PosCast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur will post new episodes every two weeks from July 17 through mid-December. Be sure to subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Hosts Joe Posnanski & Michael Schur reconvene for another meaningless episode of The PosCast. Luke Voit and his +1.000 OPS becomes the main discussion of this week's Yankee Minute, relive the greatness of short-term Yankee legends like Shane Spencer, Aaron Small and Aaron Guiel as Joe & Mike wonder how these players can possibly enjoy such great success while wearing pinstripes.

Sports Movie Time focuses on The Natural and shines a light on the New York Knights' manager and co-owner, Pop Fisher. Was he a good manager? The duo debates. What's your favorite baseball position? Hear the selection order as Joe & Michael break down their favorite spots on the diamond.

The PosCast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur will post new episodes every two weeks from July 17 through mid-December. Be sure to subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe Posnanski and partner Michael Schur greet acclaimed actor, Nick Offerman of Parks and Recreation fame for what could become "arguably the most historic" episode of The PosCast. Nick and Michael talk about the transformation they went through after their beloved Red Sox and Cubs finally won the World Series.

Sports Movie Time poses the question of whether Moonlight Graham ever truly got his moment in baseball classic, Field of Dreams. In the PosCast Draft, the gang selects their favorite states in America. Who has the best barbecue? Where is the best vacation spot? What is the official meal of the state of Ohio? The gang tells all.

The PosCast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur will post new episodes every two weeks from July 17 through mid-December. Be sure to subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe Posnanski welcomes back partner Michael Schur after a one-week hiatus for another great episode of The PosCast. Michael gloats in all of his glory during the Yankee Minute, the pair ponders how in the world Crash Davis never got a legitimate shot in the big leagues and this week's draft centers around small improvements that should be implemented to make the world a more efficient place.

The PosCast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur will post new episodes every two weeks from July 17 through mid-December. Be sure to subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Host Joe Posnanski welcomes in Chief TV Critic of Rolling Stone Magazine, Alan Sepinwall, as the duo runs the gamut on the best minor television characters of all time. You be the judge to see if Joe can beat Alan at his own game! A prolonged Yankee Minute assesses the current state of the pinstripes, Alan (a lifelong Yanks fan) tells what he wants to see for the rest of the season. Sports Movie Time focuses on the American basketball classic, Hoosiers. We all know Hickory wins in the end, but is it believable? Joe and Alan debate.

The PosCast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur will post new episodes every two weeks from July 17 through mid-December. Be sure to subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

The PosCast makes its triumphant return with all-new segments to help you survive the MLB All-Star Break. Hosts Joe Posnanski & Michael Schur run through tried-and-true favorites like "The Yankee Minute" and "One Last Meaningless Thing" and also break down whether Dottie Green dropped the ball after the collision with kid sister Kit in rookie segment "Sports Movie Time." The guys also reveal this season's PosCast Player (Scooter Gennett of the Cincinnati Reds) and take turns suggesting ways to make the MLB All-Star Game more interesting in this pod's draft.

The PosCast will post new episodes every two weeks from July 17 through mid-December. Be sure to subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Hosts Joe Posnanski & Michael Schur end their brief hiatus with a whirlwind update with what's on tap for the PosCast. The new show schedule is unveiled, we catch up on what's been happening with the Cleveland Browns and reveal the field for who will be on the ballot for the 2018 PosCast Player of the year.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Hosts Joe Posnanski & Michael Schur debate the hot topics around baseball, like the return of bullpen cars and calling out John Fogarty for his lyrical inaccuracies in the classic song "Put Me In Coach." Joe is joined my MLB.com Analyst, Jim Duquette, to chat about what they've seen around Spring training in the past month. Finally, Joe & Mike do a one-round draft on what they deem to be the best kitchen utensil.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe Posnanski welcomes in Mallory Rubin of popular website, The Ringer to talk about her lifelong obedience to the Baltimore Orioles and the unique art for of binge watching TV series. In co-host Michael Schur's stead, Mallory & Joe draft their team of characters from the NBC show, The Good Place.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Hosts Joe Posnanski & Michael Schur talk about the J.D. Martinez signing before it even happens then resurrect the "One Last Meaningless Thing" song from its prolonged hiatus for a "Yankee Gripe." Jake Mintz & Jordan Shusterman of Cespedes Family BBQ join Joe to draft their favorite storylines surrounding the 2018 MLB season. Plus, Joe tells us which Yankee will outslug either Aaron Judge or Giancarlo Stanton during the upcoming season.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Host Joe Posnanski welcomes in Jonathan Abrams, author of the hot new book, All the Pieces Matter: The Inside Story of The Wire®. The pair draft their favorite characters from the acclaimed HBO show. During this week's "MiniCast," Joe is joined by co-host Michael Schur as the pair discusses Michael's experience at Super Bowl LII, in which the Philadelphia Eagles won their first-ever Super Bowl title.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Hosts Joe Posnanski & Michael Schur talk about who Michael was really rooting for to advance to the Super Bowl. The pair also preview the matchup between the Philadelphia Eagles and New England Patriots. Joe welcomes in Sports Illustrated's Jay Jaffe to break down the 2018 National Baseball Hall of Fame class and peek ahead at intriguing names on next year's ballot like Mariano Rivera and the late Roy Halladay.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Hosts Joe Posnanski & Michael Schur welcome in Let America Vote founder Jason Kander to talk baseball, sports fandom in Kansas City and Broadway (21:03). Mike & Joe make predictions for the NFL's Conference Championship games and break down who should be included in the 2018 National Baseball Hall of Fame class.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Hosts Joe Posnanski & Michael Schur break down the players included on the 2018 National Baseball Hall of Fame ballot and determine who should get in with some concrete and not-so-concrete data.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Hosts Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur contemplate the Cleveland Browns becoming synonymous with failure, brainstorm the inner workings of the PosCast Baseball Card set and draft their favorite office supplies...a roster that most certainly does not include masking tape.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Hosts Joe Posnanski & Michael Schur give you "way more than you wanted" on the Browns' perfect 0-16 season, how a 1-on-1 game between Michael Jordan and LeBron James would play out and answer a bevy of questions from their loyal listeners.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

PosCast hosts Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur bring back an all-star lineup of guests including Braves pitcher Brandon McCarthy, Mike DiCenzo of The Tonight Show, renowned TV critic & author Alan Sepinwall and Special Senior Correspondent, Linda Holmes (NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour) for the most comprehensive holiday song draft of all time. Look for the "1st Annual PosCast Holiday Song Blowout" playlist on Spotify and have yourself a merry little Christmas, PosCast pals!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Host Joe Posnanski & Michael Schur stay perfectly in character despite the presence of LA Dodgers pitcher Brandon McCarthy. The trio wonders if the Yankees could still win the AL East if Michael was their #5 starter before drafting the best (or worst) singers that make up the "We Are The World" holiday classic.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Hosts Michael Schur and Joe Posnanski deliver their thoughts on Giancarlo Stanton becoming a Yankee and ponder if the evil empire has returned to the AL East.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Hosts Joe Posnanski & Michael Schur examine a pair of the Browns latest defeats, talk about steroids belonging in the Hall of Fame and close things out with "Some Small Beam of Light That Sort of Gives Us Hope In Today's World."

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Hosts Joe Posnanski & Michael Schur talk about their favorite NFL storyline of the season, ponder how many consecutive losses it would take Bill Belichick to match Hue Jackson's win percentage in Cleveland and draft classic movies that they have not yet seen.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Hosts Joe Posnanski & Michael Schur try to fill their baseball voids by discussing the awards that will be handed out in the Major League offseason. Listener questions cause Joe & Mike to ponder the correct spelling between gray and grey and force a definitive stance on which type of candy should be stolen from their kids' Halloween stash.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Hosts Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur talk early-season NFL injuries, draft World Series players and put an end to a longtime PosCast staple with one last very meaningless thing.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Hosts Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur huddle up just hours before first pitch of Game 7 to preview the biggest questions facing the Astros & Dodgers in the 2017 World Series' final chapter.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Alan Sepinwall, joins hosts Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur to talk about his new book, "Breaking Bad 101: The Complete Critical Companion." Michael & Joe air their grievances about the Yankees' postseason run and compare the baseball club with the White Walkers from the HBO hit, Game of Thrones. Lifelong Yankees fan Alan defends the Yankees and makes claims that the 2017 Yankees are both "likable" and "fun."

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Special Senior Correspondent of The PosCast, Linda Holmes (NPR), joins hosts Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur to talk about Phamming, fanhood and the variables that went into her selecting Linda's very own Major League Baseball team to root for. See which bandwagon she's jumped on and listen as the trio drafts the small pleasures that they consider most enjoyable in everyday life.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

This week, hosts Joe Posnanski & Michael Schur rejoice with Phamns across the country with a retrospective look at Tommy Pham's massive accomplishments this season. Get caught up on the latest "L" taken by the Cleveland Browns and receive the play-by-play recap of the Twins-Yankees AL Wild Card game BEFORE it even happens. It's been boasted as the "lowest information density of any podcast" on popular review sites, if you enjoy The PosCast as much as we do, please kindly refrain from leaving us a 5-star review on iTunes.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe and Michael update you on Tommy Pham's banner season, examine what appears to the the start of another losing season for the Browns and draft their favorite things that have to do with the calendar turning from summer to fall.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Hosts Joe and Michael premiere new music for the Tommy Pham Update and the Cleveland Browns segment, dubbed by the hosts as two of the greatest musical scores ever produced. Hear your question answered as the hosts giver their two cents on the listener questions and see who got through to the "Final Four" of the Baseball's "Funnest" Players brackets.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Hosts Joe and Mike unveil their latest draft, as they go through and select the players that they deem to be "funnest" in Major League Baseball. Get updated on Tommy Pham's progress with the Tommy Pham Update, delve into the major discrepancy between regular and peanut M&M's and get ready to cast your vote for your favorite big leaguers on Twitter @JPosnanski.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Legendary broadcaster and former major leaguer Duane Kuiper joins The PosCast to celebrate the 40-year anniversary of his own version of the "Shot Heard 'Round the World," which occurred during his playing days for the Cleveland Indians. Kuiper and host Joe Posnanski recount Kuiper's playing days, his unusual number of times being drafted and talk about what it was like to watch history as Barry Bonds unseated Mark McGwire for the single-season home run record in 2001.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Michael & Joe get together to test their knowledge on trivia questions from the 2017 MLB season. Rich Hill flirts with perfection while the hosts take listener questions, contemplate the pronunciation of Rhys Hoskins' first name and give their takes on which noodle is the 'MVP' of pasta.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Michael and Joe discuss whether Twitter is a good or bad thing, have their now famous "Mid-August Midsommar MLB Baseball Round -up Check In" segment and draft their favorite things about the Rafael Devers home run off of Aroldis Chapman in a classic Yankees-Red Sox game.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe & Michael take you through the highlights of the Schur Family Vacation. Listeners weigh in with their best questions on the fear of facing one Aaron Judge-sized Jose Altuve, Mike Trout and the age-old question of which clothing item is toughest to purchase: jeans or sunglasses?

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe is joined by Jay Jaffe, author of "The Cooperstown Casebook: Who's in the Baseball Hall of Fame, Who Should Be In, and Who Should Pack Their Plaques" to discuss past and present baseball players that could or should be considered for the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Jaffe breaks down his "JAWS" system that's gained much notoriety and the two of them debate future candidates that could get into the Hall.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe and Michael correct errors, talk some All-Star Game, draft salty snacks and take on the biggest problem in America.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe and Michael take listener questions and discuss topics varying from the size difference between Aaron Judge and Jose Altuve to backyard fireworks to the proper way to argue against pies.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

After technical difficulties, Michael and Joe finally get PosCast recorded, talk about the Scary Yankees and draft their favorite swings in baseball history.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Michael and Joe talk Derek Jeter, add a special new segment to the PosCast and draft sports rules.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

With the Yankees absurdly hot start, Joe and Michael are forced to have an emergency Yankee Minute that lasts the whole show. Special guest Alan Sepinwall, TV critic galore for Uproxx and lifelong Yankee fan, comes along to gloat.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

In a PosCast first, Joe and Michael welcome a guest -- NPR pop culture correspondent Linda Holmes -- and discuss important matters like the Yankees, the Backstreet Boys cruise and whether Obi Wan Kenobi burned Darth Vader. Also, they draft baseball teams for Linda to support.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe talks to "Smart Baseball" author Keith Law about smart baseball ... and dumb baseball ... when to bunt and when not to bunt ... Michael's distaste for pies ... and some game called Carcassonne.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe and Michael talk about the Sprint guy who used to say "Can you hear me now" at Verizon, baseball contracts and, mostly, Sergio Garcia's victory at The Masters.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe is joined by Hank Azaria who does about 25 different voices, talks sports and breaks down his very funny new show "Brockmire."

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe and Michael talk baseball, Little League baseball, more baseball, a little basketball, and then have their most dangerous ever draft: Sandwiches.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

It's that time of year when Michael and Joe ruin the baseball season by perfectly predicting the season, spoiling any and all surprises. Listen only if you are willing to find out what will happen before the season even begins.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Michael and Joe discuss the rules of small talk, the absurdity of the Javy Baez tag in the Puerto Rico-Dominican Republic baseball game and draft jobs for Theo Epstein now that he has done the impossible twice in baseball.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe and Michael don't even pretend to stay on a single topic. They talk about their fading interest in March Madness, Michael's excitement about coming a Cleveland Browns fan and the awesomeness of the Dominican team in the World Baseball Classic. And other stuff.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

ESPN's Dave Fleming riled up Tebow Nation with his story headlined "Tim Tebow's Relentless Pursuit of Failure." Joe and Dave talk Tebow, failure and why people so deeply want to believe in Tim Tebow.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe talks about the one person in the world who would freak him out to meet, Michael tells the story of meeting Bill Russell and then they draft road signs.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe and Michael talk the Oscars fiasco, argue about the evil of pillows and talk a whole lot of baseball, ranging from Josh Hamilton to the San Diego Padres pitching laboratory to the Yankees prospect who will haunt them most.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Michael and Joe argue about the proper way to slice a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, whether fruit can be cut before being eaten, whether trucks are weird and also raise the ire of the commissioner's office with their drafting of utensils.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe and Michael talk about all sorts of ideas to fix baseball -- talkin' Robo Umps and Extra Inning Gimmicks and bullpen cars and so on. Michael also makes a shocking admission about flora.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe and Michael record an emergency PosCast to talk about the wildest Super Bowl ever. Is Tom Brady the greatest quarterback ever? Is Bill Belichick the greatest coach ever? Did the Atlanta Falcons lose their minds? All this and more in the emergency PosCast.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe and Michael talk a little bit (but just a little bit) about the wild turns of "The Good Place." Then they draft pieces of furniture in what has a chance to be the dumbest draft yet. The brilliant Matt Bogdanow provides the music.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

A sick Joe and velvety sounding Michael talk Super Bowl, the quandaries Michael feels supporting the Trump-supporting Patriot leaders and various other meaningless things.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe and Michael discover all sorts of new podcasting technology -- stuff like "microphones" and "sound effects" -- and then draft beverages. Bonus: Michael describes the best beverage to have with PB&J.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe and Michael are back in the new year to talk baseball #HallofFame ... and talk Baseball Hall of Fame ... and talk Baseball Hall of Fame.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Michael and Joe dig into the archives and draft things they hate that everyone else loves.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe and Michael examine whether or not the Warriors ' offense will be the best ever, plus Michael makes Joe's year by informing him that he's considering becoming a Browns fan.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Money makes the world go round-and it's the basis for Michael and Joe's latest draft.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe and Michael select who they believe will win MLB awards, including rookie of the year and manager of the year.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Mike and Joe draft their favorite moments from Game 7 of the World Series.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Mike and Joe debate the current state of the NFL, how the election has impacted the sport and many more issues in the sport.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

*Joe and Michael got a bit loopy during their Dollar Shave Club read. If you want to be thoroughly entertained, listen through 10:30. * The two draft the best World Series moments from their lifetime.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

The youngest daughter of Lou Costello and author of Lou's on First joins the PosCast to talk about her dad, Who's on First and her book.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

The author of UNPLAYABLE: An Inside Account of Tiger's Most Tumultuous Season joins Joe to discuss Tiger Woods' career, where he goes from here and reveals a great story about Michael Jordan.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

The Cubs play-by-play announcer joins the PosCast to discuss the highs and lows of the Cubs postseason, the Dodgers and working in Chicago.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Halloween is two weeks away, so Joe and Michael drafted their favorite (and least favorite) Halloween candy in this week's PosCast draft.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe and Michael discuss the rapid reliever revolution and some of the decisions made this postseason, plus Michael poses a brutal question for the Cleveland-native: If it comes down to Cubs vs. Indians-Are you still picking the team from Chicago?

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Remember playing Monopoly as a kid? Or maybe Chutes and Ladders? Yeah, us too. Joe and Michael draft the best board games-and the first PosCast trade is executed.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Michael and Joe debate Vin Scully's importance to the game of baseball, other stellar baseball announcers and provide the final Yankee minute.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

L-I-S-T-E-N as Joe and Michael draft the alphabet and a groundbreaking Poscast move occurs.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe and Michael discuss how the Cubs will fare in the postseason, who should win MLB's MVP, plus Michael details some of the sports jokes in his new NBC show, The Good Place.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Which teams have the best logos? Joe and Michael examine their favorites and their most-hated in the latest PosCast draft.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Michael and Joe have an extended Yankee minute and go through their NFL picks for the season.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Let's get one thing out of the way: This is not a draft of best quarterbacks. It's a draft of favorite quarterbacks. Michael and Joe draft their favorite quarterbacks based on irrational loyalties spanning many decades.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Michael fills Joe in on exactly who Gary Sanchez is and what happened with the Yankee while Joe was in Rio at the Olympics. Plus the duo discuss Katie Ledecky, Usain Bolt and Simone Biles.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

We're halfway through the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. In honor of the halfway point, Joe and Michael draft the best Olympic cities in the latest episode of The PosCast.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Michael takes a break from promoting his new show "The Good Place" to join Joe to debate whether or not Michael Phelps is the greatest Olympian ever. In the New York Minute, Joe vehemently disagrees with the Cubs move to take Chapman.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

The gold-medalist and Joe reflect on the Olympics, the evolution of swimming and which athletes will dominate in Rio.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

The German DJ and Pitch Perfect 2 star joins the show to outline what he's been up to with NBCOlympics, plus the YouTube star drops some serious basketball knowledge and explains how he ended up in music.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

The play-by-play announcer for swimming at the Olympics talks with Joe about how he ended up calling swimming, Michael Phelps, golf, Katie Ledecky and whether or not Tiger Woods can make a come back.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

The gymnastics play-by-play voice for NBC discusses how cross-country skiing helped him get his start, the rise of Simone Biles, and the challenges of switching between sports.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

The NBC play-by-play announcer for track and field discusses the upcoming Olympics in Rio, his experience working on the Kentucky Derby, and Usain Bolt.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Heading into the Olympics in Rio, Joe and Michael draft things they think should be in the Olympics. Plus, Joe tries to understand PokemonGo.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

David Ortiz is retiring at the end of the season, but how will his DH role for the Red Sox affect his Hall of Fame candidacy? Joe and Michael discuss. Plus, another Yankee minute and a brief discussion on home-field advantage.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

The comedian from The Goldbergs and Curb Your Enthusiasm joins the PosCast to discuss the Chicago Cubs, standup comedy, acting and producing, plus why he doesn't really want to go to a L.A. Rams game.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

The Minnesota Twins pitcher details his rehab, playing for his hometown team, and raising a family while being a Major League pitcher.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

In honor of Fourth of July, Michael joins Joe to draft their favorite American things. No apple pie was eaten in the making of this podcast.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Michael and Joe discuss the outrage over NFL contracts and how some MLB players are making a lot more than guys like Andrew Luck. Plus, the two discuss Mike Trout and how his career has been greatly impacted by the decisions of the Angels front office..

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Hall of Fame coach Pat Summitt left behind an incredible legacy. Joe Posnanski and ESPNW's Mechelle Vopel reflect on Summitt's importance to women's sports and recount stories of their time with her.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Yahoo Sports columnist Pat Forde discusses watching his own kids swim in the U.S. Olympic swimming trials with some college football sprinkled in.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

We know there's been some Blank Space in your life and Everything has Changed with the PosCast. Joe and Michael are Fearless and Speak Now about their favorite Taylor Swift Songs.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

It happened-The City of Cleveland finally has its title. Cleveland natives Joe Posnanski and Scott Raab discuss the reversed curse, what this title means for the city of Cleveland and LeBron James' legacy.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe and Michael discuss what winning Game 7 will mean for the Warriors or the Cavaliers, plus a new Yankees Update.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Kevin Van Valkenburg joins the PosCast to discuss the challenges players will face at Oakmont during the U.S. Open, plus the two reflect on their experience seeing Hamilton on Broadway.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

The Tony-Award winner and star of Criminal Minds discusses his obsession with the Chicago Cubs, taking Sir Ben Kinglsey to his first baseball game and writing a play about the Cubs.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

The Toronto Star sports columnist joins the PosCast to reflect on Gordie Howe's and what Mr. Hockey meant to Canada.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

The New York Post writer discusses Mets pitcher Matt Harvey, the state of baseball, plus how he balances being a fan of his alma mater, St. Bonaventure, with being a sportswriter.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe and Michael draft things that used to be better than they are now including baseball, toughness, travel and Kentucky Fried Chicken.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

The recently-retired Esquire writer discusses his Cleveland fandom, writing his new book on the Cavaliers, Bill Murray's kind gesture, getting tattoos with Dennis Rodman and why Paul Newman was a challenging interview.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Michael and Joe faux argue about the Cubs and Warriors, discuss the future of baseball free agency and ask the question: Are the Yankees a bad baseball team or an elaborate tax shelter for people with made up names like Chasen Shreve? Also: Carlos Beltran's Hall of Fame case and the horror show that is the Atlanta Braves.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe talks with the President of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, Bob Kendrick, about the museum and their old friend Buck O'Neil.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe chats with Bob Costas about baseball, his Mark McGwire
interview, storytelling, and Anthony Quinn.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe talks with Kansas City Royals' GM Dayton Moore in the first installment of Poscast Stories.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe and Michael draft parts of a baseball stadium. They also promise free things that they never plan on delivering.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe and Michael ramble on about who will win and lose during the 2016 baseball season. Included in this edition, at no extra cost, is Michael's vaunted impression of "Old School Guy" and Joe's annual prediction that the Red Sox will be good even though they seemed to stop being good a couple of years ago. The two blabbed on for so long that their draft will be in a separate PosCast.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

The second part of the oppressively long Hall PosCast, in this one Joe and Michael go through the second half of the Baseball Hall of Fame, from Jason Kendall to Randy Winn. In one of their more important discussions, they talk about the most sensible ways to deal with the gun question in America ... no, sorry, they talk about which players belong in the mustache Hall of Fame.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Michael and Joe, being insane, decided to go through the entire Baseball Hall of Fame ballot player by player and realized about halfway through that they weren't going to make it. So they broke this up into two parts. In Part 1, they discuss the Hall of Fame candidates from Garrett Anderson to Trevor Hoffman in excruciating detail, spending a considerable amount on time on the wonder that is David Eckstein. Then, in honor of the new Star Wars movie, they draft movie franchises.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Michael and Joe talk set record for longest PosCast ever and yet somehow still don't say anything worthwhile. They talk about the opposing but competing awesomeness of the Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Lakers, make an early Yankee prediction and draft sports traditions, as they view them. Special thanks to Alex Birdsall for, years ago, performing this PosCast theme song, "I Nave No Idea What I'm Doing."

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Michael and Joe have an intense nine-issue faux argument about the Tom Brady supension but the fireworks do no really begin until they draft months of the year. They make bold and not-so-bold predicions for baseball playoffs. Also: Joe apologizes.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Michael and Joe -- but especially Michael -- dive into this controversy, you might have heard about it, involving Tom Brady and the Patriots and deflated footballs. Someone should come up with a name for that. Joe tries to sneak in a plug for his new book "The Secret of Golf." Then, in honor of the new Pixar movie "Inside Out," they draft emotions.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Michael and Joe are talking baseball ... and talking baseball ... and talking baseball. They begin the longest PosCast yet by faux arguing about pace of place, which is something resembling irony. They they tell unveil who will win the World Series, so there is no point in watching the season after that. Then, they draft the best things about the best game.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

A new PosCast theme song by Michael Bogdanow! Michael begins the longest Poscast in a while by somewhat sheepishly relishing yet another Boston championship. Joe and Michael faux argue about Pete Carroll's final call in the Super Bowl. Then they draft fears and discuss whether they would go to actor Chris Pratt or Nick Offerman if there was a global pandemic.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Michael and Joe waste another hour talking vaguely about the Royals, the lack of offense in baseball and the designated hitter. They then jump into their most contentious draft yet. It goes without saying that their draft is about fruit.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Michael and Joe actually hold a Poscast to under an hour. Topics include the Oakland A's collapse, the Washington Nationals rise, and World Series predictions. The draft this week involves awards, and it is clear that Michael and Joe had a very different view of what that meant. Also: A new signoff.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Michael and Joe work extremely hard to keep the PosCast time under an hour ... and then fail to do so. Topics include: The first place Kansas City Royals, soccer in America, whether there ever will be a .400 hitter and the depressing saga of Albert Pujols. Draft this week is more serious than usual ... in honor of the late Tony Gwynn, Joe and Michael draft "pure" hitters, while acknowledging that this is no different from drafting "regular" hitters.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Michael and Joe, after putting in safeguards to keep them from yammering on too long, promptly have their longest podcast of the season. Topics discussed include: The palpable sadness of this Derek Jeter farewell tour, their massive disagreement over the intentional walk and the general lousiness of the American League East. They then draft sports penalties.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Michael and Joe create a new segment specially designed to shorten the PosCast, and then incoherently draft superheroes for way too long. Topics covered include the incompetence of Dan Snyder, the uselessness of Aquaman, the lack of restraint of the Superman creators and what kind of sports fan Dr. Manhattan would be.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe and Michael talk a little baseball, argue about the Kansas City Royals, discuss why the St. Louis Cardinals are like the San Antonio Spurs and then, like always, have the most important draft in the history of the world.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe and Michael talk about the Golden Globes, perfection, the A-Rod mess and then have the most important draft in the history of mankind.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe and Michael talk about how many knives it takes to make a great peanut butter and jelly sandwich, faux argue about offense and defense in football and then have what is unquestionably the ultimate sports draft.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Joe and Michael faux argue about football on television and then draft things they are thankful for -- things that are not likely to show up on anybody else's list.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe

Nobody asked Joe and Michael to come back. but they did anyway, and they're talking Red Sox and instant replay in baseball/ They're also draftting sports nicknames.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get full access to JoeBlogs at joeposnanski.substack.com/subscribe