{"id":7549,"date":"2019-04-06T12:21:03","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T16:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/?p=7549"},"modified":"2019-04-06T12:21:05","modified_gmt":"2019-04-06T16:21:05","slug":"stick-to-baseball-4-6-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/06\/stick-to-baseball-4-6-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Stick to baseball, 4\/6\/19."},"content":{"rendered":"

No ESPN+ content from me this week, although I have a draft blog post to file tonight that will cover what I saw at NHSI this week as well as potential first-rounder George Kirby of Elon. I did hold a Klawchat<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Meredith Wills helped me do some of the research that went into Smart Baseball<\/em>, and, in addition to being an astrophysicist and general baseball expert (who realized that a change in the thickness of the baseball’s laces likely explains the current home run surge), she’s also a knitter and generally quite crafty. She’s disassembled many baseballs to look into their construction and is now selling crafts made from the leather on these baseballs<\/a>, repurposing material that would otherwise go to landfills.<\/p>\n

And now, the links, with a note. I didn’t get through all the longer reads I’d saved this week, so I may post a bonus roundup tomorrow or Monday. We’ll see how my weekend goes.<\/p>\n