{"id":4865,"date":"2016-05-14T08:00:46","date_gmt":"2016-05-14T12:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/?p=4865"},"modified":"2016-05-13T23:45:00","modified_gmt":"2016-05-14T03:45:00","slug":"stick-to-baseball-51416","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/14\/stick-to-baseball-51416\/","title":{"rendered":"Stick to baseball, 5\/14\/16."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My <a href=\"http:\/\/klaw.me\/23IqWT2\" target=\"_blank\">first Big Board for the 2016 draft<\/a> (assembled with an assist from Eric Longenhagen) went up for Insiders this week. I&#8217;ll have my 2006 redraft piece up Monday, and then my first mock (as in, an actual first-round projection) on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>I also wrote a free news item on <a href=\"http:\/\/klaw.me\/1T8W9NC\" target=\"_blank\">MLB&#8217;s investigation of the Red Sox&#8217;s July 2nd signings<\/a>, and held my regular <a href=\"http:\/\/klaw.me\/1OkMmnr\" target=\"_blank\">Klawchat<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <em>Harvard Public Health Review<\/em> published an editorial that made a clear, rational call for <a href=\"http:\/\/harvardpublichealthreview.org\/off-the-podium-why-rios-2016-olympic-games-must-not-proceed\/\" target=\"_blank\">the Rio Olympics to be moved or cancelled due to the Zika outbreak<\/a>. This virus is no joke, and I have to wonder if we might have stopped or slowed it had we taken various other mosquito-borne illnesses (malaria, dengue) that primarily affect poorer countries more seriously.<\/li>\n<li>Ronan Farrow&#8217;s op ed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/my-father-woody-allen-danger-892572\" target=\"_blank\">on his father, Woody Allen, and the free pass the director gets on his child molestation allegations<\/a> is a must-read for so many reasons. I particularly hope reporters interviewing the stars of <em>Cafe Society<\/em> ask one simple question: Why would you work with a man who stands accused of molesting his daughter?<\/li>\n<li>If someone overdoses on drugs given to him\/her by a friend, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/her-fiance-gave-her-heroin-she-overdosed-does-that-make-him-a-murderer\/2016\/05\/08\/f9a9e79a-f29b-11e5-a2a3-d4e9697917d1_story.html\" target=\"_blank\">is the friend guilty of murder?<\/a> Even if you favor decriminalization of drug use (as I do), this question isn&#8217;t so easy.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t be shocked, but quack doctors in California, led by Dr. Bob Sears, are <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/insolence\/2016\/05\/09\/after-sb-277-medical-exemptions-for-sale-courtesy-of-dr-bob-sears-and-other-antivaccine-quacks\/?platform=hootsuite\" target=\"_blank\">selling medical exemptions to the state&#8217;s tougher childhood vaccination law<\/a>. The only real solution is to flood the state medical board \u2013 which, as the article states, is generally worthless \u2013 with complaints and hope they do something.<\/li>\n<li>Ontario has it right: Parents who refuse to get their kids vaccinated <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/news\/canada\/canadian-politics\/ontario-parents-who-object-to-vaccines-could-be-forced-to-take-a-class-in-science-of-immunization\" target=\"_blank\">may be forced to take a class on the science of immunization<\/a>. Good. Let&#8217;s do it here, in every state.<\/li>\n<li>Zika is coming, and it&#8217;s going to hit states in the deep south \u2013 states that have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/storyline\/zika-virus-outbreak\/zika-s-approach-u-s-raises-tricky-abortion-questions-n572751\" target=\"_blank\">done their best to circumvent Roe v Wade and limit abortion rights<\/a> \u2013 the hardest. <\/li>\n<li>Difficult longread of the week: The <em>Boston Globe<\/em>&#8216;s Spotlight team looks at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/metro\/2016\/05\/06\/private-schools-painful-secrets\/OaRI9PFpRnCTJxCzko5hkN\/story.html?s_campaign=bostonglobe%3Asocialflow%3Atwitter\" target=\"_blank\">sexual abuse and cover-ups in New England boarding schools<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Why is the <em>Washington Post<\/em>&#8216;s science section <a href=\"http:\/\/genome.fieldofscience.com\/2016\/05\/washington-posts-science-section.html?spref=tw\" target=\"_blank\">touting the pseudoscience of acupuncture<\/a>? <\/li>\n<li>Speaking of junk science, Louisiana is all in, pushing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2016\/05\/11\/abortion-reversal-is-scary-bogus-science.html\" target=\"_blank\">the state&#8217;s Health Department to study the &#8220;abortion reversal&#8221; nonsense<\/a>. It doesn&#8217;t work, it&#8217;s dangerous, and most of all, it&#8217;s more men legislating what women can do with their bodies.<\/li>\n<li>Vox dives deep on the multitude of studies that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/2016\/4\/28\/11518804\/weight-loss-exercise-myth-burn-calories#item6\" target=\"_blank\">contradict the conventional wisdom that you can lose weight by exercising<\/a>. Note that it&#8217;s complicated, like science often is.<\/li>\n<li>How <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thesalt\/2016\/05\/12\/477699832\/can-oregano-fight-cow-belches-and-climate-change\" target=\"_blank\">oregano may help reduce cow belches and fight climate change<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Two silly stories from England: A British couple were told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-england-bristol-36157538\" target=\"_blank\">to restrain their cat by the Royal Mail<\/a> because he&#8217;s grabbing the mail when the postman pushes it through their mail slot. Also, a different couple got a request <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2016\/05\/11\/wedding-guest-asked-by-bride-for-a-bigger-contribution-after-giv\/\" target=\"_blank\">for a larger wedding gift than the &pound;100 check they gave<\/a> in an email after the event.<\/li>\n<li>The <em>New Yorker<\/em> takes a somewhat serious look at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/sporting-scene\/how-air-jordan-became-crying-jordan\" target=\"_blank\">how Michael Jordan became fodder for a mocking meme<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Tweet of the week:<br \/>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Um &#8230; so, a couple of things &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S4mZqO3DnG\">https:\/\/t.co\/S4mZqO3DnG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/speechboy71\/status\/730084777005621250\">May 10, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>which referred to this quote:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/heidiscruz\">@HeidiSCruz<\/a> compares her husband&#39;s journey to slavery: &quot;It took 25 years to defeat slavery. That is a lot longer than four years.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatrickSvitek\/status\/730076649656451072\">May 10, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My first Big Board for the 2016 draft (assembled with an assist from Eric Longenhagen) went up for Insiders this week. I&#8217;ll have my 2006 redraft piece up Monday, and then my first mock (as in, an actual first-round projection) on Wednesday. I also wrote a free news item on MLB&#8217;s investigation of the Red [&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":[870,807],"class_list":["post-4865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-stick-to-baseball","tag-vaccines","entry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4865","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=4865"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4868,"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4865\/revisions\/4868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}