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The best player in baseball history turns 90 today, Willie Mays, the Say Hey Kid, the player who blended speed and power and joy and poetry and enthusi…
Joe Posnanski
May 6Comment 6Share
My life does take unexpected turns. I mean this in the best way — I’m mostly a sportswriter, of course, but then I find myself involved in all sorts of…
Joe Posnanski
Apr 27Comment 23Share
Hoping all of you saw this: A Negro Leagues Museum Bo Jackson bobblehead? What? I’m going to lose my mind. And what better excuse do you need to re-run…
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Apr 16Comment 4Share
The great decathlete and humanitarian Rafer Johnson passed away on Wednesday. He was 86 years old. About 10 years ago, I spent some time with him and i…
Joe Posnanski
Dec 2, 2020Comment 9Share
First, as always, come the apologies: Life has been kicking my butt lately. I don’t need to burden you with my troubles, you have your own. And we’ll p…
Joe Posnanski
Nov 19, 2020Comment 16Share
There are two things that blow my mind about Mike Emrick, NBC’s legendary hockey announcer who on Monday announced his retirement. The first is how awe…
Joe Posnanski
Oct 20, 2020Comment 8Share
A few weeks before Buck O’Neil died — he died 14 years ago today — I got to tell the red dress story publicly for the first time. We were at some sort …
Joe Posnanski
Oct 6, 2020Comment 16Share
Hi everybody. Hope you’re holding up in these crazy times. I apologize again for not posting here more often. I’m hoping for things to begin to clear u…
Joe Posnanski
Sep 10, 2020Comment 8Share
Or "How I spent my summer vacation."
Joe Posnanski
Aug 25, 2020Comment 5Share
Baseball in the time of COVID(Writing Time: 20 minutes) OK, so I found a few moments this morning to break away and write a little baseball — 20 minute…
Joe Posnanski
Aug 12, 2020Comment 23Share
Baseball in the time of COVID(Writing time: 30 minutes) So you should know that this week is pure madness for me. On Friday, we are launching another n…
Joe Posnanski
Aug 11, 2020Comment 14Share
Baseball in the time of COVID(Writing time: 30 minutes) So in case you missed it, here was Christian Yelich’s first homer in a couple of weeks … and it…
Joe Posnanski
Aug 7, 2020Comment 15Share
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