Why Joe Posnanski is one of the best writers on the web

Joe Posnanski is a well-respected sports columnist in Kansas City. A few months ago he started a blog that's unconnected to his newspaper, just so he can post about whatever he's interested in -- a lot of it is sports, but many other topics. Plus, he writes the longest blog posts I've ever seen.

Here's a paragraph from a post today that made me laugh:

"when Lebby asked me if I wanted to eat the best Italian food of my life, my first thought was, “OK, who do I have to kill? Is it someone I know? Because if it’s someone I don’t know, then yes, for the best pasta of my life, absolutely, I’m ready to do what has to be done, but if it’s someone I do know, then no, I’m not killing someone I KNOW just for Italian food, you know, unless they have a really good chocolate dessert too.”"

Who among us would not agree with that sentiment?