{"id":4529,"date":"2015-12-12T10:00:55","date_gmt":"2015-12-12T15:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/?p=4529"},"modified":"2015-12-12T10:00:55","modified_gmt":"2015-12-12T15:00:55","slug":"stick-to-baseball-121215","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/12\/stick-to-baseball-121215\/","title":{"rendered":"Stick to baseball, 12\/12\/15."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Paste<\/em> published my ranking of the <a href=\"http:\/\/klaw.me\/1Om3raf\" target=\"_blank\">top ten new boardgames of 2015<\/a> this week, as well as my <a href=\"http:\/\/klaw.me\/1NByAKs\" target=\"_blank\">review of 7 Wonders Duel<\/a>, the new two-player game based on 7 Wonders.<\/p>\n<p>I wrote a lot for Insider this week, reviewing signings and trades. Here&#8217;s the full list:<\/p>\n<p>&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/klaw.me\/1Z48VOy\" target=\"_blank\">Jason Heyward to the Cubs<\/a><br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/klaw.me\/1UdtR2N\" target=\"_blank\">The Bethancourt\/Kelly trade<\/a><br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/klaw.me\/1Qy75SZ\" target=\"_blank\">The Brett Lawrie trade<\/a><br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/klaw.me\/1XY7ior\" target=\"_blank\">The Walker\/Niese trade<\/a><br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/klaw.me\/1NNGv3g\" target=\"_blank\">The Kenny Giles trade<\/a><br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/klaw.me\/1IVWoDo\" target=\"_blank\">The Adam Lind trade<\/a><br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/klaw.me\/1M2jsjV\" target=\"_blank\">The Cubs&#8217; moves with Zobrist and Castro<\/a><br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/klaw.me\/1R93k81\" target=\"_blank\">The Shelby Miller trade<\/a><br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/klaw.me\/1m8QObU\" target=\"_blank\">The Jay\/Gyorko trade<\/a><br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/klaw.me\/1N8iwyl\" target=\"_blank\">The Carson Smith\/Wade Miley trade<\/a><br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/klaw.me\/1TV0m5G\" target=\"_blank\">Hisashi Iwakuma to the Dodgers<\/a><br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/klaw.me\/1ONmD3j\" target=\"_blank\">Jeff Samardzija to the Giants<\/a><br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/klaw.me\/1YPhiNN\" target=\"_blank\">Zack Greinke to the Diamondbacks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And of course, there was a <a href=\"http:\/\/klaw.me\/1O03nTu\" target=\"_blank\">Klawchat<\/a> this week.<\/p>\n<p>And now, the links&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In a series on America&#8217;s most violent police department, the <em>Guardian<\/em> details deals made to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2015\/dec\/08\/the-county-kern-county-california-sexual-assault-secret-payoffs\" target=\"_blank\">buy off women sexually assaulted by police<\/a>, often for as little as $1500.<\/li>\n<li>One woman details how she nearly died of the flu after childbirth and didn&#8217;t get to hold her infant for over a month, all because <a href=\"http:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/if-i-had-gotten-the-flu-shot\/\" target=\"_blank\">she fell for a vaccine denier hoax and didn&#8217;t get her flu shot<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>An Australian vaccine-denier&#8217;s baby was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/victoria\/antivaxxers-baby-hospitalised-with-whooping-cough-20151211-gll6hl.html\" target=\"_blank\">hospitalized with whooping cough<\/a>. Do you think that scared the mom straight? Her delusion even trumped her desire to protect her child.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>We love all things Hugh Acheson around here, and the James Beard winner for Best Chef (Southeast) gave a presentation recently for the Beard Foundation, making his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamesbeard.org\/blog\/video-jbf-award-winner-hugh-achesons-sweet-onion-soup-home-cooks-soul\" target=\"_blank\">sweet onion soup with caraway and croutons (with a brief video)<\/a>. And oh, hey, that recipe is in his newest cookbook, <em>The Broad Fork<\/em>, which made my <a href=\"http:\/\/klaw.me\/1IbHicy\" target=\"_blank\">annual cookbook recommendations<\/a> list.<\/li>\n<li>People who are gluten-sensitive but not celiac or allergic to wheat may have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thesalt\/2015\/12\/09\/459061317\/a-protein-in-the-gut-may-explain-why-some-cant-stomach-gluten\" target=\"_blank\">a valid medical explanation<\/a> \u2013 their bodies produce a protein called zonulin in response to gluten in the body, according to a new research study out of Europe. That still makes your hipster gluten-free diet a dumb idea, though.<\/li>\n<li>On Stockholm&#8217;s rise as a &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu\/article\/how-stockholm-became-a-unicorn-factory\/\" target=\"_blank\">unicorn factory<\/a>,&#8221; an incubator for a disproportionate number of tech startups. I think it offers a lot of lessons for other cities looking to boost such entrepreneurship, although the fact that university educations are free in Sweden is a huge part of their success.<\/li>\n<li>A July op ed piece from Al-Jazeera America argued that <a href=\"http:\/\/america.aljazeera.com\/opinions\/2015\/7\/anti-abortion-extremists-are-domestic-terrorists.html\" target=\"_blank\">anti-abortion extremists are domestic terrorists<\/a>. And, like Islamist terrorists, anti-abortion extremists are driven by an ideology that convinces them that their violence and murder are justified.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/business\/currency\/can-chipotle-recover-from-food-poisoning\" target=\"_blank\">Can Chipotle recover from food poisoning?<\/a> I think the answer is more clearly &#8220;yes&#8221; than this author does, but also, I don&#8217;t agree with the premise that buying local or from small farmers reduces the risk of such food-borne infections. <\/li>\n<li>Spring training-relevant link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phoenixnewtimes.com\/restaurants\/10-best-new-metro-phoenix-restaurants-of-2015-7870522\" target=\"_blank\">The ten best new restaurants in metro Phoenix<\/a> according to the <em>Phoenix New Times<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>The longread of the week comes from the <em>Washington Post<\/em>, which profiled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sf\/national\/2015\/12\/05\/after-a-mass-shooting-a-survivors-life\/\" target=\"_blank\">one of the survivors of the mass shooting in Oregon<\/a>. You know, the one this October, not the one in December 2012 or the one in June 2014 or the one in May 1998. <\/li>\n<li>Two links (provided by readers) coming from somewhat different sides of the gun-control debate. Sam Harris, better known for his writings on atheism and morality without religion, has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.samharris.org\/blog\/item\/the-riddle-of-the-gun\" target=\"_blank\">a long, scientific look at the &#8220;riddle&#8221; of gun control<\/a>. The <em>Guardian<\/em> debunks the NRA&#8217;s oft-repeated claim that guns make us safer, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/blog\/2013\/mar\/25\/guns-protection-national-rifle-association\" target=\"_blank\">when the evidence says they don&#8217;t<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Former radical Islamist Maajid Nawaz has a long op ed in the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/how-to-beat-islamic-state-1449850833?tesla=y\" target=\"_blank\">how to defeat IS and end Islamism<\/a>, one that calls for engagement across multiple spheres.<\/li>\n<li>An all-girl K-Pop group called &#8220;Oh My Girl&#8221; (get it? OMG?) was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/newsbeat\/article\/35071156\/k-pop-group-oh-my-girl-detained-at-la-airport-on-suspicion-of-being-sex-workers\" target=\"_blank\">detained at LAX on suspicion of being sex workers<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m old enough to remember when SNL&#8217;s commercial spoofs were a near-weekly highlight \u2013 Colon Blow, Quarry,  First Citywide Change Bank, and of course, Bad Idea Jeans \u2013 so their tone-perfect parody of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eater.com\/2015\/12\/6\/9857946\/saturday-night-live-nespresso-george-clooney-danny-devito\" target=\"_blank\">those pompous Nespresso commercials<\/a> was a big hit with me. (Also, there&#8217;s no way those guys drink such shitty coffee.)<\/li>\n<li>Tweet of the week:<br \/>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">um? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tYFIRR0GN2\">pic.twitter.com\/tYFIRR0GN2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; jennifer magdalene (@someofmybest) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/someofmybest\/status\/672895447648735234\">December 4, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Man, I just don&#8217;t remember that book well at all.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paste published my ranking of the top ten new boardgames of 2015 this week, as well as my review of 7 Wonders Duel, the new two-player game based on 7 Wonders. I wrote a lot for Insider this week, reviewing signings and trades. Here&#8217;s the full list: &bull; Jason Heyward to the Cubs &bull; The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[190,870],"class_list":["post-4529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-links","tag-stick-to-baseball","entry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4529"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4532,"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4529\/revisions\/4532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}