Joe Posnanski
@joeposnanski.com
Writer, author, podcaster, father, husband, juggler and believer in blue skies.
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A sports and pop-culture newsletter from best-selling author Joe Posnanski.
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December 24, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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Good morning from New York! Here are a few short thoughts on The Great Gatsby and more of your favorite baseball memories.
We Beat On ...
One thousand holiday words on perfect games, imperfect Broadway, and the joys of New York.
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December 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Good morning from New York! Here are a few short thoughts on The Great Gatsby and more of your favorite baseball memories.
Join us for a Monday Rewind? We've got a lot to cover.
A Big Fan Update and Another Bummer Browns Diary
Plus, the White Sox sign Japanese slugger Munetaka Murakami and the Red Sox make a move for Willson Contreras.
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December 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Join us for a Monday Rewind? We've got a lot to cover.
How do you really measure dominance? With the Joe Dominance Index, of course!
The Power and the Glory
In The Clubhouse: The 50 Most Dominant Baseball Players Not in the Hall of Fame
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December 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
How do you really measure dominance? With the Joe Dominance Index, of course!
Remember the JDI -- Joe Dominance Index? Here are the top 50 non-Hall of Fame active and retired players who lead the pack in your new favorite stat.
The Power and the Glory
In The Clubhouse: The 50 Most Dominant Baseball Players Not in the Hall of Fame
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December 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Remember the JDI -- Joe Dominance Index? Here are the top 50 non-Hall of Fame active and retired players who lead the pack in your new favorite stat.
Rewriting baseball history? Possibly! Or, more likely, the game is just too beautiful and complicated for a computer to understand.
A Small Baseball Delight
Why you love the game — and what happens when AI tries to love it too
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December 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Rewriting baseball history? Possibly! Or, more likely, the game is just too beautiful and complicated for a computer to understand.
Ah who can forget that awesome 2007 World Champion San Francisco rdinus.
For anyone worried AI will replace all of us.
Courtesy of Gemini for the prompt “create an infographic of all the World Series winners since 1986”
I dare you to find 10 things that are right.
Courtesy of Gemini for the prompt “create an infographic of all the World Series winners since 1986”
I dare you to find 10 things that are right.
December 17, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Ah who can forget that awesome 2007 World Champion San Francisco rdinus.
Oh, I can promise you, it will be plenty meaningless.
It's exciting, but this podcast sounds like it might have the dreaded Meaning.
December 16, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Oh, I can promise you, it will be plenty meaningless.
Yep. Coming in 2026!
Yes. I’m thrilled to announce that @joeposnanski.com and I are launching a new podcast in January called “The Joy of Baseball” !!!!
I’m so excited! The world is bleak and we need this badly.
I’m so excited! The world is bleak and we need this badly.
Loved today’s Podcast Molly! And excited for the new Podcast with you and Joe! I could listen to you both for hours!🧡
December 16, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Yep. Coming in 2026!
It’s time for another PosCast live with @mollyknight.bsky.social! Join us now on YouTube.
Joe Posnanski
Happy storytelling about sports, life, and nonsense.
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December 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
It’s time for another PosCast live with @mollyknight.bsky.social! Join us now on YouTube.
We're going live on YouTube at noon E.T. Come and spend your lunch break with Molly and me.
The Most JoeBlogs Photograph
Plus, an invitation to our next PosCast Live and updates about BIG FAN.
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December 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
We're going live on YouTube at noon E.T. Come and spend your lunch break with Molly and me.
"You can talk all you want about the great ones, the Scorseses and Coppolas and Spielbergs and Hitchcocks and all the rest. Sure, they were great. In a practical sense, Rob Reiner has meant more to me than all of them combined."
Going to Eleven
A few thoughts on joy, faulty wristbands, Hall of Fame voices, and the things that stay with us on a cold and sad Monday morning
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December 15, 2025 at 3:24 PM
"You can talk all you want about the great ones, the Scorseses and Coppolas and Spielbergs and Hitchcocks and all the rest. Sure, they were great. In a practical sense, Rob Reiner has meant more to me than all of them combined."
“He distinctly said it should only be used in case of an emergency.”
“Well, maybe one will come up.”
“Well, maybe one will come up.”
I can’t gather all my Rob Reiner thoughts at this point in the evening, but my very first favorite grown-up movie that was My Favorite Movie, like I went around telling people for years that it was, was THE SURE THING in 1985. A very big part of the romcom switch being flipped for me.
December 15, 2025 at 3:53 AM
“He distinctly said it should only be used in case of an emergency.”
“Well, maybe one will come up.”
“Well, maybe one will come up.”
Rob Reiner from Spinal Tap through A Few Good Men is the greatest consecutive director run in American history.
December 15, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Rob Reiner from Spinal Tap through A Few Good Men is the greatest consecutive director run in American history.
It's here! Take a mathematical journey with me into the Joe Dominance Index, the better way to determine Hall of Fame eligibility.
A Silly Formula That Measures Baseball Dominance
The Joe Dominance Index, the Hall of Fame, and what I think we should be trying to measure.
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December 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
It's here! Take a mathematical journey with me into the Joe Dominance Index, the better way to determine Hall of Fame eligibility.
Bryce Harper, Mookie Betts, Francisco Lindor, Pete Alonso. Why don't owners care about keeping your favorite player?
What Do the Owners Owe the Fans?
Pete Alonso is on the move because of money and that's a shame.
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December 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Bryce Harper, Mookie Betts, Francisco Lindor, Pete Alonso. Why don't owners care about keeping your favorite player?
I kept musing on my post about supervillians. Are the Dodgers really gaining ground on the Yankees?
Debating Baseball's Biggest Villain
Do the Yankees still hold the title or are the Dodgers the new team to hate?
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December 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I kept musing on my post about supervillians. Are the Dodgers really gaining ground on the Yankees?
The Dodgers at this point are just going all in on being baseball’s supervillain — which is fun since the Yankees have abdicated the role.
December 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The Dodgers at this point are just going all in on being baseball’s supervillain — which is fun since the Yankees have abdicated the role.
Someday, in the distant future, historians will wonder what our time was like. They will find this quote and they will understand.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Someday, in the distant future, historians will wonder what our time was like. They will find this quote and they will understand.
Jeff Kent was elected to the Hall of Fame this weekend and I have thoughts about it.
Making Sense of the Hall of Fame Vote (Or At Least Trying To)
And, a study in win probability, which might work unless you're the Browns.
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December 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Jeff Kent was elected to the Hall of Fame this weekend and I have thoughts about it.
Jeff Kent elected to the Hall of Fame. Carlos Delgado closest non-electee. I don't know anything.
December 8, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Jeff Kent elected to the Hall of Fame. Carlos Delgado closest non-electee. I don't know anything.
Followed by Lou Whitaker.
Dwight Evans.
These players can be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame today by one of the Hall’s “Era” committees.
Who would get your vote?
- Barry Bonds
- Roger Clemens
- Carlos Delgado
- Jeff Kent
- Don Mattingly
- Dale Murphy
- Gary Sheffield
- Fernando Valenzuela
Who would get your vote?
- Barry Bonds
- Roger Clemens
- Carlos Delgado
- Jeff Kent
- Don Mattingly
- Dale Murphy
- Gary Sheffield
- Fernando Valenzuela
December 7, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Followed by Lou Whitaker.
Look, I get the math. I get it that you go for two down 8 because it might set you up for the win and if you fail you still have a chance to tie. But if you’re the Browns, you will fumble the snap on the first attempt and forget to pitch the ball on a dumb trick play on the second.
December 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Look, I get the math. I get it that you go for two down 8 because it might set you up for the win and if you fail you still have a chance to tie. But if you’re the Browns, you will fumble the snap on the first attempt and forget to pitch the ball on a dumb trick play on the second.
Answer this riddle, Grasshopper, and you might get close to the mystery of the Cleveland Browns.
So they went for 2 at 31-23 because…why?
December 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Answer this riddle, Grasshopper, and you might get close to the mystery of the Cleveland Browns.