{"id":7865,"date":"2019-08-31T12:42:29","date_gmt":"2019-08-31T16:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/?p=7865"},"modified":"2019-08-31T12:42:32","modified_gmt":"2019-08-31T16:42:32","slug":"stick-to-baseball-8-31-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/31\/stick-to-baseball-8-31-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Stick to baseball, 8\/31\/19."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had two ESPN+ posts this week, both scouting blogs: one on <a href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/2MEnlrL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Clarke Schmidt, Matt Manning, Julio Rodriguez, and other Tigers\/Nationals\/Mariners\/Royals\/Blue Jays prospects<\/a>; and one on <a href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/2Ljfeh4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spencer Howard and other Phillies &amp; Orioles prospects<\/a>. I held a <a href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/2ZBOZba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Klawchat<\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m selling off some of my board games, and once again I&#8217;m donating all proceeds to the Food Bank of Delaware. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/geekmarket\/user\/keithlaw?pageid=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">see the games I&#8217;m selling here<\/a>; I&#8217;m going to continue to add titles over the weekend and next week as I go through my collection. In case you missed it, I also went through <a href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/2Zq36QM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">all the games I saw and tried at Gen Con 2019<\/a> over at\u00a0<em>Paste<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Also, this was kind of fun \u2013 I got a mention in <em>roast<\/em> magazine&#8217;s Daily Coffee News, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycoffeenews.com\/2019\/08\/26\/japanese-board-game-coffee-roaster-to-get-us-release\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">which used my review of Coffee Roaster to cover the game&#8217;s upcoming second edition<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I sent out my free email newsletter again on Friday night, but you can <a href=\"https:\/\/tinyletter.com\/keithlaw\" target=\"_Blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">still sign up for free<\/a> and get more personal writing from me.<\/p>\n<p>And now, the links\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Longreads first: &#8220;I see this as part of a larger war against science-based reality.&#8221; The <em>New Yorker<\/em> goes very long on how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2019\/09\/02\/the-message-of-measles\" target=\"_Blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the return of the measles is a sign of a war against science<\/a>, and how authorities must combat the dangerous ideas that threaten our species.<\/li>\n<li>The <em>Washington Post<\/em> spoke to Caitlan Coleman, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/national-security\/no-one-just-goes-hiking-in-afghanistan-american-woman-gave-birth-to-three-kids-as-a-taliban-hostage-she-now-seeks-to-end-the-mystery-surrounding-her-saga\/2019\/08\/23\/d036c346-8939-11e9-98c1-e945ae5db8fb_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">was held by the Taleban for five years with her husband<\/a>, giving birth to three kids while there. She&#8217;s since revealed that her husband brought her into Afghanistan, against her wishes, only to see them kidnapped and held hostage, where he became physically and psychologically abusive.<\/li>\n<li>Sesame Street is about to begin its 50th season; the <em>New York Times<\/em> looks at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/08\/22\/arts\/music\/sesame-street-anniversary.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">how the show uses music \u2013 and celebrity musicians<\/a> \u2013 to teach viewers and create iconic moments. Recently, I introduced my girlfriend&#8217;s children to &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kKW7TIjqZAA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Me Lost Me Cookie At the Disco<\/a>;&#8221; they introduced me to &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9PnbKL3wuH4\" target=\"_Blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Me Want It (But Me Wait)<\/a>.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>The <em>Guardian<\/em> looks at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2019\/aug\/29\/the-air-conditioning-trap-how-cold-air-is-heating-the-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">how air conditioning is heating the planet as it cools our homes<\/a>, which in turn requires more energy in a vicious cycle. Oddly absent is a mention of powering it via energy sources that do not contribute to climate change.<\/li>\n<li>The <em>Guardian<\/em>&#8216;s Lizzie Cernik looks at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2019\/aug\/27\/i-wish-id-told-dad-how-much-i-hated-him-when-children-ditch-their-parents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">why some people cut off all ties to their parents<\/a>, usually the result of toxic relationships that date back decades.<\/li>\n<li>Garrett Martin, my editor at <em>Paste<\/em>, called out Dave Chappelle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pastemagazine.com\/articles\/2019\/08\/dave-chappelle-review-netflix.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">for his sensitivity and entitlement, as well as his transphobia<\/a> and derision of the men Michael Jackson molested.<\/li>\n<li>A deranged man, radicalized by anti-vaxxers preaching hate and violence online, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/opinion\/story\/2019-08-22\/anti-vaxxer-attack-richard-pan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">assaulted California Sen. Richard Pan<\/a>, the doctor who pushed through the state&#8217;s essential, life-saving law that ended nonmedical exemptions to childhood vaccinations.<\/li>\n<li>Two <em>Washington Post<\/em> editorials worth reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2019\/08\/26\/why-primary-challenges-trump-are-important\/?arc404=true\" target=\"_Blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Why a primary challenger to Trump is a good thing<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/evangelical-leaders-are-tidying-the-kitchen-while-the-house-burns-down\/2019\/08\/29\/49d09a14-ca95-11e9-a4f3-c081a126de70_story.html?arc404=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">why white evangelical leaders should be panicking<\/a> over the demographic demise of their movement. I can&#8217;t think of a worse way to market religion than the way the evangelical movement has acted in the last two decades.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-49470258\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Indonesia is moving its capital to Borneo<\/a> as Jakarta is sinking into the ground at a faster rate than any other city in the world.<\/li>\n<li>My friend Eric Longenhagen looked at <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fangraphs.com\/the-conversion-arm-compendium\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the most interesting position player-to-pitcher conversion projects<\/a> in the minors right now, starting with San Diego&#8217;s Javier Guerra.<\/li>\n<li>This story of a few fifth grade boys in Minnesota who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.valleynewslive.com\/content\/news\/5th-grade-boys-spot-a-bully-and-take-action-558251271.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">took a bullied kid with special needs under their wing<\/a> is the sweetest thing I saw in this week of terrible news.<\/li>\n<li>Another story of kindness, although the route there goes right through hate and ignorance, comes from <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@FerialP\/deceit-wrapped-in-kindness-3498de1dec55\" target=\"_Blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ferial Pearson, who was targeted for being Muslim and for being queer while speaking to schools in Mullen, Nebraska<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>One Night Ultimate Werewolf fans may be interested in <a href=\"https:\/\/beziergames.com\/collections\/one-night-ultimate-werewolf\/products\/one-night-ultimate-bonus-roles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pre-ordering the new expansion containing all bonus roles and tokens<\/a> from smaller expansion packs released in the last few years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had two ESPN+ posts this week, both scouting blogs: one on Clarke Schmidt, Matt Manning, Julio Rodriguez, and other Tigers\/Nationals\/Mariners\/Royals\/Blue Jays prospects; and one on Spencer Howard and other Phillies &amp; Orioles prospects. I held a Klawchat on Wednesday. I&#8217;m selling off some of my board games, and once again I&#8217;m donating all proceeds [&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":[821,828,190,961,870,807],"class_list":["post-7865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-anti-science","tag-climate-change","tag-links","tag-longreads","tag-stick-to-baseball","tag-vaccines","entry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7865","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=7865"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7868,"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7865\/revisions\/7868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}