The goons at Meadowlark Media insisted that Joe and Mike do an emergency PosCast over Chicago White Sox manager Tony La Russa's bizarro intentional walk in a game last week. They were so insistent, in fact, that they sent Meadowlark's Dan LeBatard to make sure that it went off without a hitch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe and Mike talk about Celtics-Heat Game 7, whether the pain of being a fan is worth it, and mostly about the altercation between former PosCast Player of the Year Tommy Pham and Joc Pederson. They also announce the first donation for the PosCast Giving Fund ? $10,000 to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe and Mike talk about how ridiculous it is that Canada has not won a Stanley Cup in 30 years, choose the Umpire of the Week and discuss the whole Tim Anderson-Josh Donaldson kerfuffle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe and Mike draft the most frustrating common moments in sports fanhood and also talk about the sheer awesomeness of 19-year-old tennis sensation Carlos Alcaraz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe and Mike answer some reader questions and suffer after trying to live jinx the Yankees only to watch it backfire. Topics discussed include: How annoying is it for MLB to have players use pink bats during Mother?s Day, was The Good Place inspired by a Phish Song and how can dot matrix printers still be a thing in 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Inspired by all the talk of pitching clocks in baseball, Joe and Mike manage to keep their meaninglesness to about an hour while still talking about how unfun the Miami Heat are, how they?re not buying the Yankees early season struggles and how much longer aches and pains last when you get older. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe and Mike interview longtime umpire Dale Scott ? author of the new book ?The Umpire Is Out: Calling the Game and Living My True Self? ? and listen as he tells great stories about Billy Martin throwing dirt on him, the person who he fought with the most and the players who came up to him after he became the first active big league umpire to come out as gay in 2014. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the 47th year in a row, Joe and Mike make their annual baseball predictions (certified at 98.6%) accuracy. Find out where the Yankees will finish, how White Sox ancient manager Tony La Russa will do, and why the Dodgers will either run away with the title or will not. Also, spoiler alert, find out who will definitely win the World Series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A chock-full PosCast, as Joe and Mike break down pretty much every baseball move made so far in the wild last two weeks, offer up some Wordle Philosophy, and begin the process of getting Joe a new team after the Browns broke his heart. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe and Mike do an emergency PosCast to celebrate the generosity of baseball?s owners as they allow us to watch the game again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe and Mike answer some listener questions ? leading to them putting together their epic all-fruit baseball lineup ? and the draft uniform numbers by team sport even though they're pretty sure they already did this draft at some point in the past. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe and Mike talk about the baseball lockout, and Mike's hopeless optimism that something will be worked out. They also talk a little bit about the unstoppable pick and roll of James Harden and Joel Embiid, and pick the unofficial nickname of the Philadelphia Phillies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe and Mike draft Roman numerals in honor of the Super Bowl and also take important reader questions such as, "Why are we not more impressed with the fact that parrots talk?" Yesterday Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe and Mike predict with stunning accuracy everything that would happen in the Super Bowl. In addition, Mike painstakingly goes over how he gave Joe COVID. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe and Mike are at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City ? joined by the legend, museum president Bob Kendrick ? and talk about Satchel Paige, Big Papi, the unofficial nickname for the New York Mets and how fried Mike's brain is after signing roughly six billion copies of his new book "How to Be Perfect." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe and Mike come up with an unofficial nickname for the Cubs (Cubbies just doesn't get it), come up with official positions on "current resident" mail and draft the best yardlines in football. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe and Mike talk NFL playoffs, lament the Bills and Chiefs playing this early and spend as long as possible thrilling in the Cowboys ending. Mike introduces a new segment for the PosCast to find unofficial new nicknames for every team in baseball. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe and Mike talk the usual nonsense and try to figure out whether Mike will pay Joe back the money he owes him or send him a copy of his new book as promised. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe and Mike deal with the fallout from the Holiday Draft PosCast, talk some Baseball Hall of Fame, NBA and take several official positions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Time for another emergency PosCast, so Mike and Joe break the glass and bring in the incomparable Howard Bryant to talk about one of the craziest Hall of Fame ballots in baseball history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe and Mike and a cast of thousands ? Nick Offerman! Linda Holmes! Brandon McCarthy! Alan Sepinwall! Alexis Gay! Mike DiCenzo! Ellen Adair! ? draft holiday objects in the fourth (or fifth or eighth, who remembers?) annual PosCast Holiday Draft.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe and Mike draft their least favorite plays in sports, and consider the the difference between 4.7 and 4.8 stars at Amazon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe and Mike spend a shockingly long period of time talking about actor Wilford Brimley for reasons that remain unclear. They also take more official positions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe and Mike, pressed by the goons at Meadowlark Media, have been forced to tighten up the PosCast, and so they sneakily split it into two parts. In Part I, they talk about a blah World Series, and how there are no good teams in the NFL. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe and Mike, pressed by the goons at Meadowlark Media, have been forced to tighten up the PosCast, and so they sneakily split it into two parts. In Part II, they draft "stuff they always need but can never find." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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