Stick to baseball, 6/28/24.

I posted my second mock draft for 2024 on June 19th, and on Friday posted a scouting report on Japanese first baseman Rintaro Sasaki, who’s playing in the Draft League this summer and will play for Stanford in the spring. Both are for subscribers to The Athletic. I also held a Klawchat the day of the mock draft.

Over at Paste, I reviewed Pixies, a great small-box game for family play, good for kids as young as 7 but solid enough for the adults to enjoy.

I’ll be back on Stadium on Monday at 2 pm ET for Diamond Dreams, assuming American Airlines doesn’t wait six hours and then cancel my flight like they did this past week. So much for my idea that flying the night before would help make travel easier.

And now, the links…

Comments

  1. Brian in NoVA

    1. Fun fact about Neil Friske. His dad was also a State Rep in Michigan who fought in WWII as a member of the Luftwaffe.

    2. That AP story is scary as hell. I can guarantee you that the list of employees that the American Accountability Foundation (and with the help of Heritage because of course) makes public will all be harassed and have their lives ruined. That coupled with the SC’s murder of Chevron yesterday would lead to a massive disaster for this country. These neo-fascists especially when they claim with a straight face that they’re only trying to get rid of bad actors. What they really mean is they only want loyalists regardless of the legality of what the conservatives want to do or get rid of.

  2. Re: Barnes and Noble…There’s an interview with B&N’s CEO a few years back in the NYT that gave good insight into his thinking. It stinks that indie bookstores are struggling but it’s better that B&N can take over Tattered instead of it disappearing. It may become just another B&N in the future but, at least, the owner(s) can walk away without crushing debt.

  3. Dang. There goes the Elvis Juice.

    I’m glad the story about the Broward high school girl highlights one of the aspects of these controversies that’s not talked about enough, which is that there’s rarely an undue advantage to the transgender athlete. I can understand the concern at more elite levels of competition, but this smacks of the delusions too many parents have regarding their kids’ athletic ability and future in sports.

  4. Re Barnes and Noble, James Daunt did the same with Waterstones acquiring Foyle’s, Hatchard’s, Blackwells, etc. in England with much success and allowing them to operate under their original names and designs. Daunt seems to have an intuitive understanding of the business that many don’t have.

    Re the fall of our democracy, well it appears we will have lots of time to discuss that when our dictatorship begins in January 2025.

    • Does the Rump dictatorship need to begin in January 2025?

      This terrifying, horrible, “It’s 1984 and every other horrific dystopian sci-fi novel rolled into one” supreme court ruling applies to ANY president, not just Rump when he becomes president in 2025.

      Maybe The current president should DO SOMETHING about his using the dictator-level powers HE has also just been given.