The collected thoughts of sportswriter, bookworm, & food critic Keith Law
I’ll be on ESPNEWS today at 2:40 pm EDT.
My “scouting reports” on the seven playoff teams are now up:
I’m working on the individual series pieces, but I’m hoping to slip the DC eats post in later today.
UPDATE: I forgot to include links to my new quizzes on mental_floss, where I’m a guest quizmaster again this week. Today’s is name the 22 non-metal elements, and yesterday’s was name the original seven cast members of Saturday Night Live.
I’ll be on ESPNEWS today at 2:40 pm EDT, talking Tigers/Twins, a few playoff-bound teams, and maybe Milton Bradley.
New column on the Team USA 18U trials last week, and a quick comment in Rumor Central on Buster Posey’s outlook for 2010.
I have never been a big cola drinker, and only seldom drink soda of any sort (although I do love Thomas Kemper’s vanilla cream soda), but I hate the idea of a government tax on soft drinks or any other foods that the Food Police deem bad for me. What’s next – bacon? Butterfat? I maintain a healthy weight and have low cholesterol despite consuming both of those items. I can make my own food choices, thanks, Sam.
Oh, and if you haven’t seen Kseniya Simonova, the sand artist who won Ukraine’s Got Talent this year, she’s pretty impressive.
I’ll be on the Herd today at 12:25 pm EDT, and on the FAN 590 in Toronto at around 5:40 pm.
I was at the Tigers/Red Sox game last night and had some things to say about the brawl and about Junichi Tazawa.
Also, this week’s chat is on Friday at 2 pm EDT, because I’ll be at Fenway tomorrow during my normal chat time.
I’m scheduled to be on the Herd at 11:10 am EDT, on our Pittsburgh affiliate at 11:40 am EDT, and then on ESPNEWS from 12-1 and 3-5, depending on how much trade activity there is to discuss.
Yesterday’s articles on the Sherrill trade and the Grabow trade are up. They’ve also posted my Mike & Mike hit from yesterday morning.
I did the Play Ball podcast for ESPN.com. I appeared on the radio version of Baseball Tonight on Tuesday.
Some of you couldn’t find the second Futures Game article, so there it is.
UPDATED: I found the AllNight clip from Tuesday night. My video of Missouri RHP Nick Tepesch is up as well. Still waiting for today’s Mike & Mike hit.
UPDATED AGAIN:
Mike & Mike hit, mostly about choices for an all-time baseball team. Also, my regular 1 pm EDT chat is on for today.
By now you’ve probably seen my annual breakdown of the All-Star rosters. If you’re here, you probably already know that I think the All-Star Game is just a marketing event and I haven’t watched it in 2003, so the outrage in the article is just for fun. The Futures Game is where the action is, at least to me. Anyway, the Conversation below that article has been insane.
I’ll be on ESPNEWS this afternoon, probably around 3:30 pm, but we’re taping just before the show starts so that time may change. I’ll also be on our St. Louis affiliate at 11:20ish CDT today, and on the Brian Kenny Show at some point this evening (also taping before it starts, so I can watch Team USA tonight).
You can download my Friday hit on the V Show in two parts here and here. My Friday night hit with Seth Everett on our NYC affiliate is here.
I’ll be on ABC News in about a half an hour (around 6:45) discussing Aroldis Chapman, and then on ESPN 1050 in New York at 8:25 pm. I’m also going to tape a hit for The V Show tonight on ESPN Radio.
My hit on Baseball Tonight Radio last night is up. Mostly Sosa talk.
KlawChat is scheduled for tomorrow (Thursday) at 1 pm EDT.
I’m wondering how many more names I’m going recognize in Word Freak. So far we’re at two, not counting Stefan himself, and that’s assuming that “GI” Joel Sherman isn’t the writer for the Post living a secret life.
Aside from one more article tomorrow, I think I’m done with my online draft coverage for this year. Here’s what went up in the last few days, since my stuff isn’t always easy to find:
My day two recap, covering five teams that did something interesting. My day one recap was a little more expansive, since the bulk of the top prospects always go in the top three rounds anyway. My final top 100 ranking went up on Tuesday before the draft started.
I’m quoted a few times in this piece on prep players.
I did two chats this week, one on Wednesday and a predraft one on Tuesday. And yes, they’re working on the chat software bugs.
Radio:
Video:
It doesn’t look like my TV hits from Tues/Weds are online.
I also want to say publicly how grateful I am to the yeoman’s work done by Jason Churchill on the ESPN MLB Draft blog this year. Having Jason to get content up there daily while I was running across the country seeing players and catching stomach flus was an enormous help, and I thought the stuff he produced was outstanding and really moved our draft coverage forward this year. And I assume you all know that if I thought his stuff sucked, I would say so, meaning that what I’ve said here is genuine.
Finally, thanks to all of you for reading and watching and, in many cases, reaching out to me to offer compliments on the work that I did or that Jason did. The best part about this job is that I get to produce unique content that people want to read and like to read, and I don’t think I’ll ever tire of hearing people say that they enjoyed some piece that I read or some random radio hit that I did. Thank you.
Today’s draft tidbits, all bullet-pointy.
Another article on top prospects in this year’s draft who were undrafted out of high school.
I’m quoted extensively in this survey article on the HS crop in this year’s draft.
Another videoclip, this one about Scott Boras’ role in this year’s draft.
Also, Levi Stahl discusses Elaine Dundy’s The Old Man and Me in this and one prior blog post. I’ve never read it, but loved her first novel, The Dud Avocado, when I read it back in January.
Last up – I’ll be on our Pittsburgh affiliate again on Saturday morning at 10:40 am, and I’ll be on ESPN Radio sometime in the 9 am EDT hour on Sunday morning.
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