Author: Joe Posnanski

“You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is never get involved in a land war in Asia, but only slightly less well-known is this: Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line!” — Vizzini in “The Princess Bride“ * ** As it turns out,…

Bill Hancock is executive director of the BCS. I asked him to write a short defense of the BCS. * * * College football is flourishing. Eager fans are flocking to stadiums across the country. Folks are watching on television like never before. The sport is decidedly healthy. There’s no reason to monkey with it….

Got to do something fun Sunday night: Went to Bill James’ house to watch The Simpsons. I do realize that under normal circumstances this might not sound especially riveting. But Sunday night, the Simpsons episode was called, “Moneybart,” and the plot revolved around the ongoing fight between statistics and tradition in the game. And Bill…

My buddy Tommy Tomlinson asks an eternal question — what’s more quintessentially American, Ray Charles singing America the Beautiful or John Wayne reciting the Pledge of Allegiance? Tommy’s Table: Ray Charles, John Wayne, and America Also: See poll below.

Game Score is a Bill James invention, a little statistic that gives you a quick and easy, single-number look at how well a pitcher pitched. My sense is that it has always supposed to be little more than a bit of shorthand fun … but I think it has turned out to be one of…

The replay discussion in baseball has grown so ubiquitous, so overbearing, so boring that — like the revenue/payroll disparity in baseball — it’s simply no fun to talk about anymore. Everybody knows about the problem. The problem never seems to get fixed. After a while, the talk feels as pointless as complaining about the humidity…

Baseball Thoughts, Day 2 begins with a WAY too long discussion of the five tools of baseball. And, of course, we’ll update throughout the day. Again, if you have questions, comments, post them here. I didn’t get to many yesterday, I’ll try to do better today. Joe Posnanski � Posts Baseball Thoughts, Day 2 �

Going to do a semi-live blog over at SI today. Here is the link if you would like to come along. And if you have any specific ideas or questions, you can post them here in the comments and I’ll come by throughout the day and check. Joe Posnanski � Posts Baseball Musings Day 1…

A happy 61st birthday to my friend Bill James … the best baseball writer who ever lived. For fun, I was wading through the thousands — yes, thousands — of emails I have exchanged with Bill over the years and I came across this one I got … I must have asked Bill to tell…

Leo: “Sorry to tell you this but King threw out the monologue.” Alice: “Leo, that monologue was good.” Sy Benson: “Check that. Perfect. I wrote it! This is where Sy Benson draws the line. … First came the word and the word was funny. The monologue stays or I go.” Benjy: “Sy, maybe we can…