Explorez tous les épisodes du podcast The PosCast with Joe Posnanski & Michael Schur
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| Mike Really Needs to Talk about The NFL | 27 Nov 2025 | 01:18:26 | |
Happy Thanksgiving! Joe and Mike are back to rank the NFL using Mike's very real, very advanced analytics.
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| Sports Have Never Been Better… or More Precarious | 12 Nov 2025 | 01:05:36 | |
The PosCast is back with recurring guest Michael Schur! Mike goes on a rant about the state of sports, then the guys are joined by baseball writer Molly Knight to dig even deeper into the inevitable demise of sports as we know it.
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| The Original Oaf | 25 Jul 2025 | 01:16:32 | |
In a completely necessary and not at all ridiculous exercise, Joe and Mike classify baseball's most famous stars by height, weight, and vibes. Tall guys. Little guys. Weirdly medium guys. Plus some other meaningless things. | |||
| The Who Cares Draft | 24 Aug 2022 | 00:58:53 | |
In a bonus PosCast, Joe and Mike share their revolutionary new Beverage Celebration Matrix and draft teams that inspire absolutely no love or hate. | |||
| "It's a trap!" | 24 Aug 2022 | 01:26:36 | |
Joe and Mike talk about the Yankees' recent slide and how people keep trying to get them to revel in their misery, but they both know that it's a classic Yankees trap and that they will win the next 40 World Series. They also discuss the knuckleheadedness of Fernando Tatis Jr. and Mike begins a new series called "Convince Joe to become a fan of your favorite NFL team" by telling him all the advantages of becoming a Patriots fan. | |||
| A non-emergency emergency | 10 Aug 2022 | 01:26:26 | |
Joe and Mike, with no immediate emergencies to deal with, talk about the Red Sox woes, the misery in the American League Central and the continuing awfulness in the Deshaun Watson saga. | |||
| A Red Sox Emergency | 27 Jul 2022 | 01:48:41 | |
Joe and Mike talk about the full-fledged emergency that has emerged in Boston as the Red Sox forget how to play baseball. They also talk about the joys of Buck O'Neil, Minnie Miñoso and David Ortiz, among others, going into the Baseball Hall of Fame. | |||
| The The Angels Angels of Anaheim | 19 Jul 2022 | 01:28:48 | |
Joe and Mike talk about how bizarre it is that the better Shohei Ohtani gets — and he's now at a level unprecedented in baseball history in many ways — the worse the Angels get. They also discuss whether the fates have chose the Carolina Panthers as Joe's new football team and the pure weirdness of Panthers owner David Tepper. | |||
| Unofficial Nicknames (finally) | 12 Jul 2022 | 01:20:53 | |
Joe and Mike finally, after 17 years of work, finalize the unofficial nicknames of all 15 National League teams. The American League is next! They also talk about Yankees dread and the most intimidating hitters in baseball. | |||
| The Drugstore Draft | 12 Jul 2022 | 01:00:35 | |
Joe and Mike draft the best things that you can gets at a drugstore and go off on a weird tangent about how they don't understand anything that happened in the Christopher Nolan movie "Tenet." | |||
| Invisible Storm | 06 Jul 2022 | 01:37:35 | |
Joe and Mike talk with Jason Kander, author of the new book, "Invisible Storm: A Soldier's Memoir of Politics and PTSD." Despite the concern that all of this was much too meaningful for the PosCast, the group mostly talked about Jason's OPS in his adult baseball league and how he wasted taxpayer funds by spending most of his time as Missouri Secretary of State writing letters to his favorite Kansas City Royals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theposcast.substack.com | |||
| The Baseball Name Draft | 23 Jun 2022 | 00:49:45 | |
Joe and Mike draft the best baseball names among active players, accept the doom that is the 2022 New York Yankees and talk about Oneil Cruz's first game in the big leagues. | |||
| A semi-emergency PosCast about golf | 23 Jun 2022 | 01:18:07 | |
Joe and Mike deal with the critical situation going on with LIV golf and the PGA Tour and golfer Colin Morakawa's apparent habit of putting milk in the bowl before the cereal. They also talk about Crypto commercials, the Oscars and finally pick up where they left off on Unofficial Baseball Team Nicknames. | |||
| SOS: This Episode Is About the Yankees | 14 Jul 2025 | 01:09:19 | |
After a ridiculous comeback win against the Mariners, Joe and Mike had no choice but to spend almost an entire episode talking about a team they famously can't stand. Plus some meaningless things! | |||
| Another La Russa Emergency w/ Dan LeBatard | 14 Jun 2022 | 01:32:32 | |
The goons at Meadowlark Media insisted that Joe and Mike do an emergency PosCast over Chicago White Sox manager Tony La Russa's bizarro intentional walk in a game last week. They were so insistent, in fact, that they sent Meadowlark's Dan LeBatard to make sure that it went off without a hitch. | |||
| The Tommy Pham Emergency PosCast | 01 Jun 2022 | 01:23:41 | |
Joe and Mike talk about Celtics-Heat Game 7, whether the pain of being a fan is worth it, and mostly about the altercation between former PosCast Player of the Year Tommy Pham and Joc Pederson. They also announce the first donation for the PosCast Giving Fund — $10,000 to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City! | |||
| Josh Donaldson is a jerk and nobody likes him | 25 May 2022 | 01:22:33 | |
Joe and Mike talk about how ridiculous it is that Canada has not won a Stanley Cup in 30 years, choose the Umpire of the Week and discuss the whole Tim Anderson-Josh Donaldson kerfuffle. | |||
| The Most Frustrating Fan Moments Draft | 16 May 2022 | 00:55:32 | |
Joe and Mike draft the most frustrating common moments in sports fanhood and also talk about the sheer awesomeness of 19-year-old tennis sensation Carlos Alcaraz. | |||
| The Yankees Win | 11 May 2022 | 01:14:11 | |
Joe and Mike answer some reader questions and suffer after trying to live jinx the Yankees only to watch it backfire. Topics discussed include: How annoying is it for MLB to have players use pink bats during Mother's Day, was The Good Place inspired by a Phish Song and how can dot matrix printers still be a thing in 2022. | |||
| The Shortest PosCast Ever | 22 Apr 2022 | ||
Inspired by all the talk of pitching clocks in baseball, Joe and Mike manage to keep their meaninglesness to about an hour while still talking about how unfun the Miami Heat are, how they're not buying the Yankees early season struggles and how much longer aches and pains last when you get older. | |||
| An Interview with Dale Scott | 08 Apr 2022 | 00:55:50 | |
Joe and Mike interview longtime umpire Dale Scott — author of the new book "The Umpire Is Out: Calling the Game and Living My True Self" — and listen as he tells great stories about Billy Martin throwing dirt on him, the person who he fought with the most and the players who came up to him after he became the first active big league umpire to come out as gay in 2014. | |||
| Bye Bye Browns | 22 Mar 2022 | ||
A chock-full PosCast, as Joe and Mike break down pretty much every baseball move made so far in the wild last two weeks, offer up some Wordle Philosophy, and begin the process of getting Joe a new team after the Browns broke his heart. | |||
| Baseball is BACK!!! | 15 Mar 2022 | 01:33:08 | |
Joe and Mike do an emergency PosCast to celebrate the generosity of baseball's owners as they allow us to watch the game again. | |||
| The Uniform Number Draft | 02 Mar 2022 | ||
Joe and Mike answer some listener questions — leading to them putting together their epic all-fruit baseball lineup — and the draft uniform numbers by team sport even though they're pretty sure they already did this draft at some point in the past. | |||
| This One's Actually Urgent | 20 Jun 2025 | 01:39:39 | |
After confidently declaring last week's Poscast an "emergency," Joe and Mike return to admit they missed the real one by minutes. Devers is headed to San Francisco, and the guys have some catching up to do..hopefully before something else happens. | |||
| The Lockout | 02 Mar 2022 | 01:10:54 | |
Joe and Mike talk about the baseball lockout, and Mike's hopeless optimism that something will be worked out. They also talk a little bit about the unstoppable pick and roll of James Harden and Joel Embiid, and pick the unofficial nickname of the Philadelphia Phillies. | |||
| DRAFT: Drafting Roman Numerals | 16 Feb 2022 | 01:01:11 | |
Joe and Mike draft Roman numerals in honor of the Super Bowl and also take important reader questions such as, "Why are we not more impressed with the fact that parrots talk?" | |||
| Postgame Super Bowl Preview | 16 Feb 2022 | 01:09:22 | |
Joe and Mike predict with stunning accuracy everything that would happen in the Super Bowl. In addition, Mike painstakingly goes over how he gave Joe COVID. | |||
| A PosCast at the Museum | 03 Feb 2022 | ||
Joe and Mike are at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City — joined by the legend, museum president Bob Kendrick — and talk about Satchel Paige, Big Papi, the unofficial nickname for the New York Mets and how fried Mike's brain is after signing roughly six billion copies of his new book "How to Be Perfect." | |||
| DRAFT: The Best Yardlines in Football | 19 Jan 2022 | 01:10:30 | |
Joe and Mike come up with an unofficial nickname for the Cubs (Cubbies just doesn't get it), come up with official positions on "current resident" mail and draft the best yardlines in football. | |||
| Playoffs? Playoffs? | 19 Jan 2022 | ||
Joe and Mike talk NFL playoffs, lament the Bills and Chiefs playing this early and spend as long as possible thrilling in the Cowboys ending. Mike introduces a new segment for the PosCast to find unofficial new nicknames for every team in baseball. | |||
| Happy New Year PosCast | 10 Jan 2022 | 01:15:24 | |
Joe and Mike talk the usual nonsense and try to figure out whether Mike will pay Joe back the money he owes him or send him a copy of his new book as promised. | |||
| A Hall of Fame Emergency | 10 Dec 2021 | 01:37:35 | |
Time for another emergency PosCast, so Mike and Joe break the glass and bring in the incomparable Howard Bryant to talk about one of the craziest Hall of Fame ballots in baseball history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theposcast.substack.com | |||
| It's The Holiday Draft!!! | 08 Dec 2021 | 01:37:35 | |
Joe and Mike and a cast of thousands — Nick Offerman! Linda Holmes! Brandon McCarthy! Alan Sepinwall! Alexis Gay! Mike DiCenzo! Ellen Adair! — draft holiday objects in the fourth (or fifth or eighth, who remembers?) annual PosCast Holiday Draft. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theposcast.substack.com | |||
| Draft: Least Favorite Plays | 25 Nov 2021 | 01:07:51 | |
Joe and Mike draft their least favorite plays in sports, and consider the the difference between 4.7 and 4.8 stars at Amazon. | |||
| Emergency Mayhem | 16 Jun 2025 | 01:05:55 | |
Joe and Mike continue their mission of overreacting to every 'emergency' across Major League Baseball—and some unrelated sports for good measure. And as always, some meaningless things! | |||
| Mothership: Wilford Brimley talk | 25 Nov 2021 | 01:08:35 | |
Joe and Mike spend a shockingly long period of time talking about actor Wilford Brimley for reasons that remain unclear. They also take more official positions. | |||
| The Mothership: Are There Any Good Teams? | 15 Nov 2021 | 00:55:54 | |
Joe and Mike, pressed by the goons at Meadowlark Media, have been forced to tighten up the PosCast, and so they sneakily split it into two parts. In Part I, they talk about a blah World Series, and how there are no good teams in the NFL. | |||
| The Draft: Stuff We Can Never Find | 15 Nov 2021 | 00:56:50 | |
Joe and Mike, pressed by the goons at Meadowlark Media, have been forced to tighten up the PosCast, and so they sneakily split it into two parts. In Part II, they draft "stuff they always need but can never find." | |||
| The World Series PosCast! | 29 Oct 2021 | 01:21:44 | |
Listen now (81 min) | Joe and Mike break down the World Series point by point, delving deep into each team's strengths, weaknesses and optimal strategies … or maybe they just talk about how Atlanta should be called the Hammers and how large Yordan Álvarez is. They also break down the different types of injuries in the NFL and deal with the latest baseball emergency — the looming return of Tony La Russa. | |||
| Live (on tape) from Cooperstown! | 15 Oct 2021 | 01:22:34 | |
Listen now (82 min) | Joe and Mike sit in the hallowed Grandstand Theater at the Baseball Hall of Fame and talk about the obvious subjects — fruit, the Cleveland Browns and the New York Times Spelling Bee — as the PosCast makes its debut on Meadowlark Media. | |||
| Conversation with Bill James | 02 Oct 2021 | 01:10:46 | |
In a special episode of the PosCast, we offer a recorded conversation between Joe and the legendary Bill James from Unity Temple on the Plaza in Kansas City. The conversation was set up by Rainy Day Book to kick off Joe's Baseball 100 book tour. | |||
| PosCast: The Announcement | 24 Sep 2021 | 01:22:05 | |
Joe and Mike talk about the awesomeness of Juan Soto and the frustrating success of the St. Louis Cardinals while also offering some expert thoughts on cryptocurrency. They also make an earth-shattering announcement about the future of the PosCast. | |||
| The PosCast: Emergencies! | 06 Sep 2021 | 01:54:59 | |
Listen now (114 min) | There are emergencies across baseball, emergencies everywhere. Will the Yankees destroy us all? Will Tony La Russa win manager of the year? How do the Giants keep on winning? Joe and Mike talk for way too long about all of them. Also includes an interview with Nick Davis, director of the ESPN's upcoming 30 For 30 documentary, "Once Upon A Time in Queens" about the 1986 Mets. | |||
| The Field of Dreams PosCast | 16 Aug 2021 | 01:16:53 | |
Listen now (76 min) | It just so happens that Mike and Joe were both at the Field of Dreams Game in Dyersville, Iowa, so they talk all about that. They also catch up with special guest Jason Kander. And they answer some listener questions. | |||
| Emergency PosCast | 23 Jul 2021 | 00:49:52 | |
Listen now (49 min) | In this emergency PosCast, Joe, Mike and former big-league pitcher Brandon McCarthy discuss the urgent issues of the day — should relievers' ERAs go up when they give up inherited runs, how should we feel about the new Cleveland Guardians name and who is the worst hugger in Major League Baseball. | |||
| Emergency Poscast: We're Back | 04 Jun 2025 | 00:59:51 | |
After a crazy month, Joe and Mike are back. Aaron Judge might hit .400? This is an emergency! The guys go through the latest stories in sports and some other meaningless things. | |||
| PosCast: Athletes we'd like to be | 21 Jul 2021 | 01:17:11 | |
PosCast! Puh-puh-puh-puh-puh PosCast! Mike and Joe are back, answering five penetrating questions from listeners and drafting athletes that they'd like to be. | |||
| The new PosCast with Mike Schur! | 15 Jul 2021 | 01:05:12 | |
PosCast! Puh-puh-puh-puh-puh PosCast! Mike and Joe are back with a new format, new segments and the same level of meaninglessness. | |||
| John Means’ No-Hitter, Mike Trout Appreciation & Drafting Baseball Card Poses | 06 May 2021 | 02:20:14 | |
The PosCast makes history with it's first ever "live look-in!" Joe and Mike take you to Seattle to announce John Means' no-hitter. | |||