Joe Posnanski

You know the Mel Brooks quote about the difference between comedy and tragedy. At its simplest: Tragedy is me hurting my finger. Comedy is you falling in a manhole -- what do I care? I think you can use the same technique to describe the difference between interesting and boring. Interesting is my fantasy football team. Boring is YOUR fantasy football team. Interesting is my best golf round ever. Boring is YOUR best golf round ever. Interesting is my minor celebrity sighting. Boring is YOUR ... Read More

OK, so here’s the deal. My flight is scheduled to land in Kansas City at 6:10 p.m. on Sunday. If it does actually land on time, no given, I will land after about 23 hours of flying and layovers. That will be after three unsteady weeks of the Olympics -- the insane schedules, the constant writing, the short nights on a hard bed, the sporadic dizzy spells, the constant fog of smog, the fatherly despair of missing my daughter’s first day of ... Read More

I’m here in beautiful Cincinnati getting ready for the emotional “Cesar Geronimo going into the Reds Hall of Fame” weekend. It should be great ... lots of Big Red Machiners coming back. Hey, did I mention I was writing a book on those guys? One thing I know I mentioned is that Geronimo is not really the headliner this weekend ... Cincinnati native Barry Larkin will also be inducted into the Reds Hall. And it reminds me that I’ve long meant to put ... Read More

The headline, as you no doubt know, is how Bruce Springsteen described his seminal song Rosalita (Come Out Tonight). I love Rosalita too. Well, of course, everyone loves Rosie. I think Rosalita is the most explosive song Bruce ever performed ... he’s written better songs, much better songs, I even think he’s written better love songs*, but I don’t think he’s ever written a song that takes off and flies like Rosalita does. Every so often, as an experiment about life, I ... Read More

Well, I probably missed it because there were roughly 10 million Tim Russert tributes in the days after he died, and honestly after a while they all started to run together -- he was a Bills fan, great guy, a Bills fan, a modest person who couldn’t believe all the success he had, a Washington Nationals season ticket holder, a question asker, a good friend, a Bills fan, a decent man, a hopeful guy who believed in family and faith, a Bills ... Read More