{"id":10471,"date":"2024-11-11T14:52:34","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T19:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/?p=10471"},"modified":"2024-11-11T14:52:34","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T19:52:34","slug":"stick-to-baseball-11-11-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/11\/stick-to-baseball-11-11-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Stick to baseball, 11\/11\/24."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We updated my ranking of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/5874781\/2024\/11\/01\/mlb-top-50-free-agent-ranking-keith-law\/\">the top 50 free agents in baseball this offseason<\/a> on Monday after all options were declined or exercised to reflect the actual free agent pool. My next article there will probably come when we have a big transaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I sent out a new edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/keithlaw.substack.com\/\">my free email newsletter<\/a>, covering my feelings on the election, on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I locked my Twitter account earlier in the week due to the site\u2019s change to allow blocked users to see your posts. At this point, I will only post links to my work there, and I\u2019ll be more active on <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/keithlaw.bsky.social\">Bluesky<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@mrkeithlaw\">Threads<\/a>. Of course, I\u2019ll still be here, and in the comments under my articles on The Athletic.<\/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: Does the NIL era mean <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harvardmagazine.com\/2024\/11\/nil-harvard-ivy-league\">the end of Ivy League athletics<\/a>? I think it does, at least as we have known it. And maybe that\u2019s fine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Fine, here are some of the better post-election pieces I\u2019ve seen, bearing in mind I\u2019ve skipped a lot of the blame game going around. The <em>New Republic<\/em> has had the best content in the wake of the election disaster, including Kat Abughazaleh\u2019s story saying <a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/188172\/democrats-need-clean-house-screw\">the Democrats need to clean out their party leadership<\/a> after losing to Trump twice in three elections, a Greg Sargent column on <a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/188238\/trump-won-voter-perception-2024\">how Trump voters don\u2019t realize how he actually hurt the economy and reproductive rights<\/a>, and a podcast with Sargent and the <em>Philly Inquirer<\/em>\u2019s Will Bunch <a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/188170\/jeff-bezoss-shocking-suck-up-moment-trump-alarm-us\">on Jeff Bezos sucking up to Trump after the election<\/a>. In <em>The Nation<\/em>, Elie Mystal wrote what I also believe, that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/politics\/trump-is-america-not-a-fluke\/\">Trump is not a fluke, but that this is what the United States is<\/a>. In <em>The Atlantic<\/em>, Lora Kelley wrote about how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/newsletters\/archive\/2024\/11\/what-the-democrats-couldnt-outrun\/680581\/\">the economy ended up more important<\/a> than the issues on which the Democrats focused, including abortion rights and democracy itself. The <em>Texas Tribune<\/em> wrote about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2024\/11\/05\/texas-election-day-trump-harris-allred-cruz-congress-legislature\/\">the rightward shift of the southern part of that state<\/a>. Just before the election, Tom Nichols wrote in <em>The Atlantic<\/em> that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2024\/11\/trump-pantomimes-oral-sex-at-rally\/680511\/\">Trump needs help<\/a>, as we had even more evidence that the former and now incoming President might be losing his grip.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Scientific American<\/em> covered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/trump-victory-is-a-gut-punch-to-u-s-climate-action\/\">how catastrophic a Trump Presidency will be for climate action<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>There were some tiny, isolated bits of good news from Election Day, including <a href=\"https:\/\/boltsmag.org\/arizona-results-of-democracy-measures-prop-134-136-and-137\/\">Arizonans defeating three GOP-led ballot measures to restrict voting rights<\/a>; my state of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/sarah-mcbride-transgender-congresswoman-delaware-election-1982944\">Delaware electing Sarah McBride to be the first openly trans member of Congress<\/a> (I\u2019ve met her and I\u2019m a big fan); and <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/abortion-ballot-measures-harris-trump-florida-missouri-49c9073cbb6056b66a8a7d0d099795d1\">abortion rights passing everywhere except in a rigged vote in Florida<\/a>, where the ballot measure got 57% of the vote, but the Republicans moved the goalposts to 60%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Iowa tried to purge alleged noncitizens from voter rolls <a href=\"https:\/\/iowacapitaldispatch.com\/2024\/10\/30\/iowa-secretary-of-state-blames-feds-for-timing-of-citizenship-audit\/\">after early voting had already begun<\/a>. Sounds fair. It\u2019s not like they had any warning that an election was coming.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A court in Maricopa County, Arizona, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phoenixnewtimes.com\/news\/arizona-court-wrongly-listed-felons-revoked-voting-rights-20483423\">cancelled the registrations of some voters based on errant information<\/a> that they had been convicted of felonies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <em>Guardian<\/em>\u2019s Arwa Madhawi writes that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2024\/nov\/06\/we-are-witnessing-the-final-stage-of-genocide-in-gaza\">we are witnessing the final stage of genocide in Gaza<\/a>, citing \u00a0historian Omar Bartov. The Associated Press covered <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/world-news\/still-wrecked-from-past-israeli-raids-hospitals-in-northern-gaza-come-under-attack-again-00000192eebfd414a79fffbf88cc0000?utm_source=pocket_shared\">Israel\u2019s renewed attacks on hospitals in Gaza<\/a>, buildings that Israel has already previously bombed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A dismaying story from the <em>Times<\/em> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/31\/business\/scam-con-artist-family-savings.html\">older folks giving all their money to scammers while their kids have no way to stop them from doing so<\/a>. This isn\u2019t people with (diagnosed) cognitive decline or impairment, but people who are perhaps a little more credulous because of their age and unfamiliarity with the digital world.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>NPR has a story on attorney Victoria Burke, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/11\/08\/nx-s1-5111723\/me-too-assault-victims-protections-defamation\">who helps victims of sexual assault fight defamation suits filed against them by the accused<\/a>. Such lawsuits can become a way to silence victims and make it harder for them to come forward or pursue their cases, and Burke has helped expand anti-SLAPP statutes in California to cover these cases.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Not all tech companies are bad: Apple quietly added a feature to iOS 18 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.404media.co\/apple-quietly-introduced-iphone-reboot-code-which-is-locking-out-cops\/\">to protect users\u2019 data on phones seized by police from potentially unlawful searches<\/a>. Phones that have remained in the lock state for four days will automatically reboot to their Before First Use state, making it harder for forensic analysts to break into them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Multiple women have accused University of Florida men\u2019s basketball coach Todd Golden of <a href=\"http:\/\/alligator.org\/article\/2024\/11\/uf-basketball-coach-accused-of-sexual-harassment-and-stalking?utm_source=pocket_shared\">stalking and sexually harassing them<\/a>, according to a report in the independent site <em>The Alligator<\/em>. The University received a Title IX complaint against Golden on September 27<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jason Yates, an evangelical Christian who supports Trump and previously was CEO of the activist group My Faith Votes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/jason-yates-my-faith-votes\/\">was arrested on charges of possession of over 100 images of child pornography<\/a>. No trans people were involved in the case.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jamie Oliver wrote a children\u2019s fantasy novel, and it turns out it has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/food\/2024\/nov\/09\/jamie-oliver-apologises-after-childrens-book-criticised-for-stereotyping-first-nations-australians-ntwnfb\">some really dated stereotypes of indigenous Australians<\/a>. Worse, neither he nor his publishers even consulted with anyone on cultural sensitivity to maybe avoid this fiasco.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/taylor-swift-fans-leaving-x-following-trumps-election\/\">Swifties are fleeing Twitter for BlueSky<\/a>, too.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A 13-year-old girl in Florida went to the police after she was raped by her adoptive father; the police didn\u2019t believe her and charged her with lying. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theledger.com\/story\/news\/local\/2024\/11\/01\/story-of-lakeland-womans-rape-as-teen-gains-national-attention\/75942133007\/\">When he raped her again, she recorded it on her phone<\/a>. Taylor Cadle, now 21, came forward this week in a PBS story on the police\u2019s complete mishandling of the case.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Prof. Donald Fanger taught my favorite class at Harvard, Comedy and the Novel, where we read several novels I still love, including my all-time favorite, Mikhail Bulgakov\u2019s <em>The Master and Margarita<\/em>. Prof. Fanger <a href=\"https:\/\/slavic.fas.harvard.edu\/news\/memoriam-donald-l-fanger-harry-levin-professor-literature-emeritus\">died this July at age 94<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I mentioned the letter urging a literary boycott of Israeli cultural institutions in an earlier roundup; there is now <a href=\"https:\/\/lithub.com\/hundreds-of-writers-and-entertainment-figures-sign-letter-rejecting-israel-boycott\">a countering letter opposing that boycott<\/a>, with hundreds of signatories of its own.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I had a couple of short links about the shocking and untimely death of Amber Cook, who worked in marketing for several board game companies and was an avid gamer herself, last weekend. Her partner wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesandstuffonline.com\/blogs\/news\/remembering-amber-cook\">a slightly longer note about her passing and some upcoming events to raise funds for Amber\u2019s young son<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An 11-year-old girl in Alabama <a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/news\/2024\/10\/charlstyn-taytum-hubbard-11-dies-by-suicide-in-talladega-teach-your-kids-to-be-kind-family-says.html\">killed herself as a result of bullying<\/a>, possibly after just one incident at school.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Two updates on elections in Eastern Europe: Molvoda\u2019s pro-western President Maia Sandu <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfr.org\/blog\/women-week-maia-sandu-wins-reelection-moldova\">won re-election despite a massive disinformation campaign by Russia<\/a>, while outside observers say that the election results in Georgia (the country) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/ce314y70lnpo\">make no statistical sense<\/a>. The incumbent Georgian Dream party claimed victory, while opposition parties have alleged fraud and blame Russian involvement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A new study in the journal <em>Alzheimer\u2019s &amp; Dementia<\/em> found <a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC11485411\/\">a correlation between higher caffeine consumption and lower risk of memory impairment<\/a>. This is just one study, and it showed correlation, not causation, but that\u2019s none of my business (sips tea).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rich countries, led by the EU, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/cop16-biodiversity-cali-colombia-rich-countries-block-global-nature-fund?utm_source=pocket_shared&amp;__cf_chl_tk=z_kD5HztcTF0SlLFRXODmYh6bz1eT1GOgWqXZkA3a.0-1731353645-1.0.1.1-pQvmGHx._b5iczFtx2w.nE87Suskzbn9hjb6BU5s9t4\">blocked a proposal to help poorer countries restore their environments<\/a> at the COP16 global biodiversity summit in late October.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>France is prosecuting seven people involved in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cx2nxx970gro\">spreading the lies that led to the beheading of a French teacher<\/a> who had shown an example of the cartoons from <em>Charlie Hebdo <\/em>that Islamist terrorists cited as their reason for murdering 12 people at the magazine\u2019s offices in 2015. The actual killer was shot dead by police shortly after he murdered the teacher, Samuel Paty; this trial is about the online \u201chate campaign\u201d that took place before the attack.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Trump\u2019s Truth Social platform <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/donald-trump-media-outsourced-jobs-mexico-truth-social\">outsourced coding jobs to Mexico<\/a> even as he threatened companies with retaliation for sending jobs outside of the U.S. American Second to Profits.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The progressive voter mobilization group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/29\/politics\/misleading-text-messages-voting-allvote-swing-states\/index.html\">AllVote sent misleading and\/or inaccurate text messages to voters in swing states<\/a> claiming they had already voted or sending links to the wrong sites for voting information, according to state officials in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, North Carolina, and Arizona.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Elon Musk\u2019s false or misleading claims about the election, including those about the major candidates, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/11\/04\/media\/elon-musk-election-x-misinformation-trump-harris\/index.html\">were viewed over 2 billion times<\/a>, according to an analysis by CNN. I\u2019m sure that had no effect on anyone\u2019s voting choices, though.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nearly 400 people have joined lawsuits <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/seattle-news\/law-justice\/176-more-people-allege-sex-abuse-at-wa-youth-detention-centers-in-suit\/\">alleging sexual abuse at state-run youth detention centers in Washington<\/a>, with the allegations dating as far back as 1956.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We updated my ranking of the top 50 free agents in baseball this offseason on Monday after all options were declined or exercised to reflect the actual free agent pool. My next article there will probably come when we have a big transaction. 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