{"id":10208,"date":"2024-03-09T18:03:16","date_gmt":"2024-03-09T23:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/?p=10208"},"modified":"2024-03-09T18:03:17","modified_gmt":"2024-03-09T23:03:17","slug":"stick-to-baseball-03-09-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/09\/stick-to-baseball-03-09-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Stick to baseball, 03\/09\/24."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For subscribers to the Athletic, I published a ranking of <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/5316604\/2024\/03\/07\/mlb-draft-2024-rankings-prospects-keith-law-charlie-condon\/\">the top 30 prospects for this year\u2019s MLB Draft<\/a>, after which my #1 guy, Charlie Condon, hit two more homers for Georgia. I also posted a draft scouting notebook, <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/5316512\/2024\/03\/05\/mlb-draft-scouting-2024-braden-montgomery\/\">covering Braden Montgomery, Brody Brecht, Anthony Silva, and P.J. Morlando<\/a>. And I held a <a href=\"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/07\/klawchat-3-7-24\/\">Klawchat<\/a> to take your draft questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over at Paste, I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pastemagazine.com\/games\/board-games\/stranger-things-upside-down-is-the-board-game-the-show-deserves\">reviewed the cooperative game Stranger Things: Upside Down<\/a>, a way better tie-in title than the Stranger Things game published in 2022. It\u2019s by Rob Daviau, the co-founder of Restoration Games and inventor of the legacy game concept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m working on getting back to weekly editions of my <a href=\"https:\/\/keithlaw.substack.com\/p\/our-freedom-of-speech-is-freedom\">free email newsletter<\/a>. This last one was about my trip to Texas and the way Republican candidates there are weaponizing hate against one of the most vulnerable minorities in the U.S. to try to earn a few more votes. Please clap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And now, the links\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Longreads first: Why is Primary Children\u2019s Care Hospital in Utah <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/utah-cleft-palate-team-says-approach-is-innovative-others-disagree\">performing unnecessary surgeries on children<\/a>? No, not that kind, but an actual problem, as they\u2019re taking needless risks to repair cleft palates.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Road and Track<\/em> posted and then deleted this longread on <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240301170542\/https:\/www.roadandtrack.com\/car-culture\/a46975496\/behind-f1-velvet-curtain\/\">Formula 1 and the massive amounts of cash running through it<\/a>, reportedly because F1 powers-that-be objected to it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NPR looks at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/02\/28\/1234457090\/power-trip-returns-reshaped-by-loss\">the return of crossover thrash band Power Trip<\/a> three years after the death (by fentanyl overdose) of their lead singer Riley Gale. I like their music but didn\u2019t care for Gale\u2019s vocal style. The piece does a wonderful job of explaining his legacy and appeal to fans, and the challenges for a band trying to continue without their voice and their leader.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2024\/02\/10\/gaza-aid-blockade-protest-kerem-shalom\/\">Israeli \u201cprotesters\u201d blocked humanitarian aid to Gaza while IDF soldiers stood by and watched<\/a>. This would not appear to have anything to do with fighting terrorists but it is a good way to ensure more civilians die.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The U.S. Embassy in Israel sent a cable on Monday <a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2024\/03\/05\/israel-rafah-humanitarian-aid-us-cable\/\">warning of \u201ccatastrophic humanitarian consequences\u201d if Israel invades Rafah<\/a>. Ken Klippenstein of the Intercept received a copy of the cable; he and his colleagues have been among the best outlets at covering Israel\u2019s atrocities in Gaza, U.S. policy towards Israel, and AIPAC\u2019s influence on the latter.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The BBC looks at how Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., became <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-68447223\">a <em>soi-disant<\/em> \u201ctruth-teller\u201d who spreads lies and conspiracy theories around vaccines.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Have you read the Chicago Chronicle or the New York News Daily? They\u2019re <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/03\/07\/business\/media\/russia-us-news-sites.html\">new fake-news sites backed by the Kremlin to spread disinformation<\/a> and try to influence our elections.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The executive director of Philadelphia\u2019s Office of LGBT Affairs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.them.us\/story\/cherelle-parker-very-concerning-arrest-black-trans-philadelphia-official-being-investigated\">was assaulted by a traffic cop who then threatened to tase her<\/a>. Celena Morrison, a Black trans woman, was pulled over for allegedly tailgating another car, after which her husband, Darius McLean, pulled his own car over to assist. Morrison began filming the encounter with McLean already on the ground, after which the cop slaps him and then goes after her.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A Christian pastor in South Florida was arrested <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2024\/03\/04\/marathon-pastor-accused-of-sexually-battering-15-year-old-girl-at-church\/\">for getting a 15-year-old girl drunk and sexually battering her at his church<\/a>. No drag queens or trans people were involved.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The owners of a Christian boarding school for boys in Missouri are <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/christian-boarding-school-missouri-owners-arrested-3ec27c8fc26d37108f4afe1199351084\">now facing kidnapping charges<\/a> for holding students there (including girls when the school was coed) against their will. Other former students have alleged they were abused, raped, or forced into physical labor. Again, no drag queens or trans people are involved.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prosecutors in North Dakota recovered 2000 emails from the state\u2019s former Attorney General, since deceased, many of which relate <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-dakota-wayne-stenehjem-drew-wrigley-6ed8b94220b59b5486be83978a091c3d\">to the case against former state representative Ray Holmberg (R)<\/a> for allegedly traveling to Europe with the intent of paying for sex with a minor and for receiving child pornography.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/02\/22\/magazine\/endangered-languages-nyc.html\">New York City is the new home of endangered languages<\/a>, with hundreds of them spoken throughout and just outside the metropolis. Preserving them isn\u2019t just a curiosity, but a way to maintain hundreds of years of culture and art for populations from around the world.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Beaufort, South Carolina, removed 97 books from school shelves after challenges from just two people \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/beaufort-south-carolina-schools-return-most-books-to-shelves-after-attempt-to-ban-97-60-minutes-transcript\/\">but they\u2019re returning 92 of them to circulation<\/a>. What a colossal waste of time and public resources. If your book challenge fails, you should have to pay the equivalent of legal fees.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fieldofschemes.com\/2024\/03\/04\/21093\/utah-passes-2b-in-mlb-and-nhl-subsidies-now-just-needs-mlb-and-nhl-teams\/?utm_source=pocket_saves\">Utah approved $2 billion in public funding for MLB and NHL facilities<\/a>, without teams to play in them. If the state has that much money, they should just lower their tax rates!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scott Simon of NPR wrote an op ed about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/03\/02\/1235222194\/opinion-no-taxpayer-handouts-for-pro-stadiums\">the need to stop giving public funds to sports team owners<\/a>. Let them build their own factories.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>From January: Hundreds of protesters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-68116854\">took to the streets of major Kenyan cities to march against violence against women<\/a> in the East African nation, in the wake of multiple murders of women and commentary that blamed the victims for their own deaths. The AP has <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/kenya-violence-against-women-femicides-activists-2c54cc83e369083437bee15404627a22\">an update from Friday<\/a>, noting that at least 60 women have been killed in Kenya so far this year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For subscribers to the Athletic, I published a ranking of the top 30 prospects for this year\u2019s MLB Draft, after which my #1 guy, Charlie Condon, hit two more homers for Georgia. I also posted a draft scouting notebook, covering Braden Montgomery, Brody Brecht, Anthony Silva, and P.J. Morlando. 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