{"id":7527,"date":"2019-03-30T12:04:29","date_gmt":"2019-03-30T16:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/?p=7527"},"modified":"2019-03-30T12:04:32","modified_gmt":"2019-03-30T16:04:32","slug":"stick-to-baseball-3-30-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/30\/stick-to-baseball-3-30-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Stick to baseball, 3\/30\/19."},"content":{"rendered":"

For ESPN+ subscribers, I posted my second Cactus League scouting notebook<\/a>, covering prospects from Cleveland, the Giants, the A’s, the White Sox, the Cubs, and the Padres; my first scouting notebook from Arizona<\/a> went up the previous week. I also posted a draft scouting post that looked at four of the top college position players in the draft class<\/a>, including Adley Rutschman and Andrew Vaughn, the top two players on my first draft board. I also wrote up my predictions for this year’s standings, playoff outcomes, and postseason award winners<\/a>, which has already upset Yankee fans (who cares, my picks don’t affect anything) and had one Mariner fan trying to told-you-so me because they’ve scored a lot of runs through (checks notes) four games.<\/p>\n

At Paste<\/em>, I gave the first perfect score (10\/10) I’ve given to any board game in the 100+ reviews I’ve written for them in the last five years, awarding the honor to Wingspan, an incredible, smart, beautiful, and scientifically accurate new game from Elizabeth Hargrave<\/a> that, coincidentally, is one of the only games I know that was designed and illustrated entirely by women. It’s so well-designed, yet easy to learn and doesn’t take that long to play once you understand a few basic mechanics. The game has sold out its first two print runs but the next one is expected in early May.<\/p>\n

I didn’t chat this week for a few reasons, and am behind on my email newsletter<\/a> for the same, but hope to pick all of that back up in the next few days. I appreciate your patience. That sounds ominous but they’re mostly good things that have simply demanded more of my time.<\/p>\n

And now, the links\u2026<\/p>\n