A Few More Words

By Joe Posnanski

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A podcast of sports talk and interviews in coordination with the Joe Blogs newsletter by Joe Posnanski.

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A Few More Words episodes:

03.01.2024
Spring Training Talk ... with Molly Knight!
Hi everybody! So, and I had a little spring training talk! I don’t even remember all the stuff we talked about, I know we talked some Dodgers, some Orioles, some free agents … but, whatever, it’s always a blast...
05.10.2023
Joe and Molly talk the first month ...
Well, we’re a little more than a month into the season, so Molly Knight (check out her awesome Substack) and I go all around the league to talk about: * The goofy things happening in St. Louis * The Dodgers’...
03.03.2023
Joe and Molly talking Rule Changes
Molly Knight and I are back — talking rule changes, talking Andrew Painter, talking Manny Machado, just talking ball. As always, I cannot more strongly recommend signing up for Molly’s Substack The Long Game, where she talks about baseball, creativity...
11.05.2022
How Will It End?
Joe and Molly are talking World Series again with the wonderful Ellen Adair as we head into Game 6 of the World Series. We talk about what went wrong for the Phillies in Games 4 and 5, how they can...
10.31.2022
Joe and Molly and Ellen talking World Series
OK, Molly Knight and I are back talking some baseball — and this time we are joined but the incredibly talented and altogether delightful Ellen Adair in the moments before she headed out to her first ever live Phillies World...
10.14.2022
Joe and Molly talking Playoffs
Joined by Molly Knight as we talk a little bit about the playoffs, what the heck is wrong with Cody Bellinger, how good a hitter Yordan Alvarez is and whether or not all the good players are on the West...
08.20.2022
The Real Home Run Record with Molly Knight
Molly Knight has had a rough last few weeks dealing with COVID and various things that have gone along with it. But she is fighting back, and in the latest episode, Joe and Molly talk about Fernando Tatis, Shohei Ohtani,...
08.06.2022
A Few More Words Podcast is back!
Let me tell you what a trooper Molly Knight is. She has been deathly ill the last couple of weeks dealing with Covid. Like SUPER sick — can’t get out of bed sick. But she texted me after Vin Scully...
06.20.2022
Molly and Joe talk baseball
This is fun — Molly Knight and I talk about our five “favorite” baseball stories of the year so far. Only they aren’t really our favorites since we HAD to talk about the Yankees. I mean, the Yankees are overshadowing...
04.08.2022
Talkin' Baseball with Molly Knight
If you haven’t gotten enough baseball preview stuff here the last couple of weeks, Molly Knight and I talked some baseball, why the Dodgers didn’t bring back Kenley, how much magic the Giants lose without Buster, how much we love...
02.22.2022
A Few More Words with Jackie Stiles
Jackie Stiles is one of the greatest college basketball players ever — she set the NCAA scoring record while playing at what was then Southwest Missouri State and most of you, surely, will remember her team’s extraordinary run to the...
01.22.2022
Talking Hall with Bob Costas
Hey, hey, talking a little Baseball Hall of Fame with Bob Costas. I don’t think there’s anything else I can really add to that … hope you enjoy. While I have you, many of you have noticed a bit of...
01.13.2022
A Conversation with Molly Knight
Been trying to get this podcasting this worked out now that the PosCast is with the goons over at Meadowlark media. Last week, this bonus JoeBlog podcast somehow got mixed up with the PosCast, it was mayhem, hopefully we got...
01.05.2022
PodCast: Talking HOF with Molly Knight
As a little bonus, the great Molly Knight — and if you haven’t signed up for her Substack The Long Game yet, well, frankly, I’m not sure what you’re waiting for — and I will do the occasional podcasts,...
12.29.2021
End of the Year PosCast
Joe and Mike deal with the fallout from the Holiday Draft PosCast, talk some Baseball Hall of Fame, NBA and take several official positions.
12.10.2021
A Hall of Fame Emergency
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.
12.08.2021
It's The Holiday Draft!!!
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.
11.25.2021
Draft: Least Favorite Plays
Joe and Mike draft their least favorite plays in sports, and consider the the difference between 4.7 and 4.8 stars at Amazon.
11.25.2021
Mothership: Wilford Brimley talk
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.
11.15.2021
The Mothership: Are There Any Good Teams?
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...
11.15.2021
The Draft: Stuff We Can Never Find
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."
10.29.2021
The World Series PosCast!
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...
10.21.2021
PosCast: Yelling at Sepinwall
Joe and Mike get out all their Yankees frustrations as Rolling Stone critic Alan Sepinwall returns to the PosCast after his long suspension. Alan breaks down the top five television characters he would like to have serve him food at...
10.15.2021
Live (on tape) from Cooperstown!
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...
10.02.2021
Conversation with Bill James
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...
09.24.2021
PosCast: The Announcement
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. This...
09.06.2021
The PosCast: Emergencies!
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...
08.16.2021
The Field of Dreams PosCast
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....
07.23.2021
Emergency PosCast
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...
07.21.2021
PosCast: Athletes we'd like to be
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. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access...
07.15.2021
The new PosCast with Mike Schur!
I told you the surprises would keep coming! Mike Schur and I are back doing the PosCast … and with a sort of, kind of new format. We’re talking fruit! We’re talking All-Star Game! We’re talking Paul Rudd vs. Jason...
05.25.2021
Segments, Phil Mickelson & More Segments
The PosCast says farewell to The Athletic by setting a record for the most segments in one episode. Joe and Mike discuss everything from “Fruit Talk” to “Yankee Minute,” “Tony La Russa The Opposite of Appreciation,” “Scooter Gennett Update,” “Sports Movie...
05.06.2021
John Means’ No-Hitter, Mike Trout Appreciation & Drafting Baseball Card Poses
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. Then, they dive into multiple segments including the debut of “Mike Trout Appreciation” and “Tony La Russa The Opposite of...
04.22.2021
Baseball’s Surprises and Disappointments of 2021 with Ellen Adair
There is plenty to talk about across baseball so Joe welcomes back the delightful Ellen Adair to break it all down. They start by discussing how they feel about the new rules in a full 162 game season. Then, Ellen explains...
04.15.2021
Brooklyn Nets Fascination, MLB’s PosCast Player of the Week & Drafting Team Abbreviations
Can Joe and Mike cram segments, a draft and One Last Meaningless Thing in 75 minutes? You bet! They kick things off my discussing their love for açaí and their fascination with the Brooklyn Nets. Later in the show they debate MLB’s...
04.01.2021
2021 MLB Season Preview
The PosCast celebrates 10 years of nonsense with their annual baseball preview. Before Joe and Mike dive into the 2021 MLB season, they have a little ‘Fruit Talk’ followed by an ‘NBA checkin’ and ‘Science Appreciation.’ (Spoiler: New segment tracks...
03.12.2021
Legends, Myths & the Romance of Sports with Bob Costas
It’s Bob Costas on The PosCast! Joe Posnanski welcomes on his longtime friend and the sportscasting great to talk about spring training, the state of baseball and much more. They discuss what makes players “legendary,” how baseball’s analytics have actually lost...
03.04.2021
Bringing Back Segments & Drafting Rivers
Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur are bringing back segments from the early days of The PosCast, with a twist of course. Hear the first edition of “Fruit Talk” before they dive into “Pointless baseball memories” and a jam packed “NBA...
02.27.2021
Fun & Games with Flula Borg
Joe Posnanski welcomes back German actor, musician, comedian, YouTube personality and avid sports fan Flula Borg for a fun-filled episode of The PosCast! Before ranking American sports, the two discuss Flula’s viral baseball video and his early memories of the game...
02.10.2021
Super Bowl ads are dead, Tom Brady is not a great athlete and the Dodgers are the new Yankees
The commissioner has spoken and Alan Sepinwall's lifetime ban from The PosCast is over after about six weeks. He joins Joe to recap the Super Bowl and another year of disappointing Super Bowl ads. They also reflect on the career...
02.04.2021
Super Bowl Shenanigans, J. T. Realmuto’s Return to Philly & Cardinals’ Trade for Nolan Arenado
Ahead of Super Bowl LV, Joe Posnanski sits down with Ellen Adair to talk about her thoughts on the big game, the silly storylines and what it’s like covering the event. Then, Ellen discusses her excitement surrounding J. T. Realmuto’s return...
01.28.2021
Hall of Fame Conundrum, NFL Playoffs & Best Places to Sit
Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur have plenty to get to on today’s 2-hour PosCast. They begin by discussing MLB’s Hall of Fame voting, Curt Schilling’s comments and what will happen when Alex Rodriguez and David Ortiz join the ballot next...
01.22.2021
Remembering Henry Aaron
Joe Posnanski is joined by Negro Leagues Baseball Museum President Bob Kendrick to remember the life and career of the great Henry Aaron. They discuss Aaron’s legacy, what he went through while pursuing the home run record and their personal memories...
01.15.2021
The Browns are Terrific & Drafting Honorifics
The gang is back together! The very intimidating Brandon McCarthy joins Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur for a jam packed episode of nonsense. They begin the show by talking about teddy bear qualities, Mike’s wavering Red Sox fandom and the practical...
01.06.2021
MLB Teams in Search of an Identity & Browns’ COVID-19 Disaster Ahead of Playoffs
Ellen Adair joins Joe Posnanski to kick off 2021! They start the show by talking about the Phillies and their decision to hire Dave Dombrowski which leads them into a discussion about all 30 MLB teams and their identities. Plus, Joe’s...
12.23.2020
End of Year Wrap-Up
Before getting to the meaninglessness, Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur discuss MLB’s plan to finally recognize the Negro Leagues. They talk about why it’s taken so long and how it’s a step in the right direction. They then dive into all...
12.09.2020
4th Annual Holiday Draft
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, the annual PosCast Holiday Draft! In the biggest show yet, Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur welcome Nick Offerman, Brandon McCarthy, Alan Sepinwall, Mike DiCenzo, Linda Holmes, Jason Kander, and Ellen Adair. Plus,...
12.02.2020
Kansas City’s Road to Sports Stardom with Sam Mellinger
Joe Posnanski welcomes to the show his former colleague at The Kansas City Star, Sam Mellinger (that’s Mellinger not Ehlinger.) Joe begins by expressing his jealousy towards Sam and the exciting Kansas City sports he’s had the opportunity to cover. Then...
11.25.2020
Phillies, free agency and scam phone calls with Ellen Adair
Joe Posnanski or shall we say “Joey” Posnanski welcomes back Ellen Adair for a pre-Thanksgiving edition of the show. Joey discusses the interesting call he received about his book ‘The Soul of Baseball’ and Ellen expresses her excitement about Kim Ng. Later...
11.17.2020
Celebrating Kim Ng
Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur are thrilled to discuss Kim Ng being named the first female GM in MLB. They talk about Ng’s impressive resume, why it’s taken so long for a woman to be hired in the role and her...

What's A Few More Words about?

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A Few More Words episodes:

Spring Training Talk ... with Molly Knight!

Joe and Molly talk the first month ...

Joe and Molly talking Rule Changes

How Will It End?

Joe and Molly and Ellen talking World Series

Joe and Molly talking Playoffs

The Real Home Run Record with Molly Knight

A Few More Words Podcast is back!

Molly and Joe talk baseball

Talkin' Baseball with Molly Knight

A Few More Words with Jackie Stiles

Talking Hall with Bob Costas

A Conversation with Molly Knight

PodCast: Talking HOF with Molly Knight

End of the Year PosCast

A Hall of Fame Emergency

It's The Holiday Draft!!!

Draft: Least Favorite Plays

Mothership: Wilford Brimley talk

The Mothership: Are There Any Good Teams?

The Draft: Stuff We Can Never Find

The World Series PosCast!

PosCast: Yelling at Sepinwall

Live (on tape) from Cooperstown!

Conversation with Bill James

PosCast: The Announcement

The PosCast: Emergencies!

The Field of Dreams PosCast

Emergency PosCast

PosCast: Athletes we'd like to be

The new PosCast with Mike Schur!

Segments, Phil Mickelson & More Segments

John Means’ No-Hitter, Mike Trout Appreciation & Drafting Baseball Card Poses

Baseball’s Surprises and Disappointments of 2021 with Ellen Adair

Brooklyn Nets Fascination, MLB’s PosCast Player of the Week & Drafting Team Abbreviations

2021 MLB Season Preview

Legends, Myths & the Romance of Sports with Bob Costas

Bringing Back Segments & Drafting Rivers

Fun & Games with Flula Borg

Super Bowl ads are dead, Tom Brady is not a great athlete and the Dodgers are the new Yankees

Super Bowl Shenanigans, J. T. Realmuto’s Return to Philly & Cardinals’ Trade for Nolan Arenado

Hall of Fame Conundrum, NFL Playoffs & Best Places to Sit

Remembering Henry Aaron

The Browns are Terrific & Drafting Honorifics

MLB Teams in Search of an Identity & Browns’ COVID-19 Disaster Ahead of Playoffs

End of Year Wrap-Up

4th Annual Holiday Draft

Kansas City’s Road to Sports Stardom with Sam Mellinger

Phillies, free agency and scam phone calls with Ellen Adair

Celebrating Kim Ng