About Joe

Hi, I’m Joe Posnanski.

Thanks for stopping by. I’ve been writing sports and other fun nonsense for — yikes — almost 40 years. When I get introduced these days, you can hear them take a deep breath the begin: Sports Illustrated. The Kansas City Star. NBC Sports. The Augusta Chronicle. The Cincinnati Post. The Charlotte Observer. The Athletic. Sports on Earth. Beckett Montly. The 49er Times.

I honestly believe it would be faster to just name the places I have not written for.

This is my home now — JoeBlogs. I started some version of this blog/newsletter/journal way back in 2007, and it has been many things over the years. This is where I wrote my first three attempts at The Baseball 100. I also wrote a Football 100 here. I’ve written about baseball and infomercials and heroes and Hamilton and Bruce Springsteen and my unexpected pen pal Tom Hanks — and my family, much to their chagrin.

It has been a fun ride.

And, to quote my friend and brilliant comedian Gary Gulman, I’m at the top of my game, friends.

You can read JoeBlogs here on my site, or have it delivered to your inbox. Or both! Every Wednesday, I send out a free point called The Batting Order, where I run through a linup of thoughts on the world as we know it — minus politics. There are no politics here. You’ll get some deep dives, some shallow dives, some lists, some jokes and, always, I hope, joy.

Where to Start

Here are a few JoeBlogs pieces if you would like to take a look around.

• Katie the Prefect. My most beloved story.
• The Batting Order. My Wednesday newsletter, a journey through my cluttered mind.
• The 100 Greatest Baseball Players Right Now. With facts written like baseball card backs.

• Tiger and Time. My essay after Tiger Woods won the 2019 Masters.

A Few Other Things

I’ve written eight books (so far; I’m working on two right) including The Baseball 100, Why We Love Baseball, Why We Love Football, The Soul of Baseball, Paterno and The Life and Afterlife of Harry Houdini.

Yes, I’m well aware that one of these things is not like the other.

I co-host a podcast with my pal Michael Schur called The PosCast. I would tell you what The PosCast is about, if I knew. We talk baseball sometimes. We talk fruit pies sometimes.

I live in Charlotte with my wife Margo, our aging dog Westley, and occasionally one of our college-attending daughters Elizabeth and Katie. In my spare time, I also write.

Thanks for being here. I hope you’ll stick around. For your enjoyment, here’s a photo of me with Mike and Nick Offerman in front of the ivy-covered left field wall at Wrigley Field. I’ve lost weight since this was taken.

– Joe