Kansas City’s population will be decreasing by one Joe Posnanski

​When the next Census is taken, one name will be conspicuously absent from the list around here. The latest newsletter from Rainy Day Books includes a bit of news about former Kansas City Star columnist (and current Sports Illustrated scribe) Joe Posnanski:

We wish Joe, Margo and family a safe and successful move to North Carolina this June.

While his heart has never really left his first hometown of Cleveland, he was the heartbeat of Kansas City for 13 years. It was his columns that introduced me to the city where my wife was from and let me into the world of an anguished and impassioned fanbase. Posnanski’s writing resonated with me for one very simple reason: He hadn’t lost his ability to believe that he was going to see something new and potentially magical at every sporting event he attended.