{"id":7906,"date":"2019-09-21T12:49:37","date_gmt":"2019-09-21T16:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/?p=7906"},"modified":"2019-09-21T13:04:23","modified_gmt":"2019-09-21T17:04:23","slug":"stick-to-baseball-9-21-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/21\/stick-to-baseball-9-21-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Stick to baseball, 9\/21\/19."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My one ESPN+ column this week looked at <a href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/2M6JhsO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">players I was wrong about<\/a>, including Shane Bieber and Jeff McNeil. I also held a <a href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/2kSxcxX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Klawchat<\/a> on Thursday and a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/keithlaw\/status\/1174039007291772928?s=20\" target=\"_Blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Periscope video chat<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>I discussed details of my new book, due out in April 2020 from HarperCollins, in this week&#8217;s edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/tinyletter.com\/keithlaw\" target=\"_Blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">my free email newsletter<\/a>. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2LF61kQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pre-order the book already<\/a> on amazon.<\/p>\n<p>I joined the East Village Times podcast to talk about <a href=\"https:\/\/eastvillagetimes.com\/2019\/09\/san-diego-padres-evt-episode-108-keith-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Padres&#8217; farm system<\/a> this week.<\/p>\n<p>And now, the links\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Longreads: <em>WIRED<\/em> has the story of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/telltale-heart-fitbit-murder\/\" target=\"_Blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a murderer undone by data on the victim&#8217;s Fitbit<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>New documents have revealed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybooks.com\/daily\/2018\/09\/17\/sabra-and-shatila-new-revelations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Israel and the United States&#8217; complicity in the 1982 Sabra and Shatila massacre<\/a> of hundreds, possibly thousands, of Palestinian and Lebanese Shi&#8217;ite civilians. It seems like a precursor to modern attacks on civilian targets in the name of fighting terrorism.<\/li>\n<li>Serious Eats&#8217; J. Kenji Lopez-Alt wrote about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seriouseats.com\/2019\/09\/getting-kids-interested-in-food.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">how he helped his daughter become a better eater<\/a>, even as a toddler. Two of his tips for which I can vouch: Repeated exposure to foods helps, and shopping and cooking with my daughter raised her interest in eating what we made.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandyhookpromise.org\/campaign\" target=\"_Blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sandy Hook Promise has a powerful, harrowing new PSA<\/a> to encourage more parents to push for sensible gun law reforms.<\/li>\n<li>Most of the links I provide here are ones I recommend, but occasionally I include something I find interesting because of how egregiously bad it is. This link falls in the latter category: An author <a href=\"https:\/\/forge.medium.com\/how-to-lose-a-third-of-a-million-dollars-without-really-trying-d3c343675aca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">complains about how she totally mismanaged the money she earned from writing<\/a>, and when her advances dwindled, she wasn&#8217;t prepared for the funds to dry up like that.<\/li>\n<li>A reader of mine, Brian Godish, shared this story <a href=\"https:\/\/whitesoxpride.mlblogs.com\/meet-the-nine-year-old-cancer-survivor-who-designed-michael-kopechs-t-shirt-6b4d19d6d9e0\" target=\"_Blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">about his son, a cancer survivor already at age 9, and pitcher Michael Kopech<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>I enjoy potable bitters, particularly Amaro Meletti and Amaro Montenegro, but had never heard of Amer Picon, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saveur.com\/amer-picon-nevada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">has a strange pocket of fans in western Nevada<\/a> even though the spirit is not exported from France.<\/li>\n<li>Rob Tannenbaum gives <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/music\/story\/2019-09-15\/a-ha-take-on-me-video-one-billion-you-tube\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the history of A-ha&#8217;s song and video &#8220;Take On Me&#8221;<\/a>, which has over a billion views on YouTube and over half a billion spins on Spotify.<\/li>\n<li>I feel like every parent wants to see their children become readers; the <em>Atlantic<\/em> looks at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/education\/archive\/2019\/09\/love-reading-books-leisure-pleasure\/598315\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">some factors that actually matter<\/a> in encouraging your kids to enjoy reading.<\/li>\n<li>I haven&#8217;t watched Netflix&#8217;s <em>Unbelievable<\/em> yet, but the reviews are very strong, and it&#8217;s based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/arts-entertainment\/2019\/09\/17\/unbelievable-true-story-behind-netflixs-gripping-new-drama-about-women-who-solved-serial-rape-case\/?wpisrc=nl_most&amp;wpmm=1\" target=\"_Blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on a true story of a serial rapist<\/a> who was caught after Washington state cops coerced one victim into recanting her claims.<\/li>\n<li>SkepticalRaptor has a new post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skepticalraptor.com\/skepticalraptorblog.php\/flu-vaccine-facts-anti-vaxxer-myths-tropes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">countering some key flu vaccine myths<\/a>, with a mention of yours truly when he drops a baseball analogy.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;ve read two great books in the last year on the Chicxulub impact, <a href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/2Pf8p0O\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/2HmwH81\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>T. Rex and the Crater of Doom<\/em><\/a>. This week scientists released new information <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/09\/10\/science\/chicxulub-asteroid-impact-dinosaurs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">from drilling into the crater<\/a> to try to learn more specifics about the impact.<\/li>\n<li>Pennsylvania state Senator Mike Folmer (R) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/09\/18\/761894162\/pennsylvania-state-senator-arrested-on-charges-of-possessing-child-porn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">resigned this week after he was arrested for possessing and disseminating child pornography<\/a>. Last year, Folmer &#8220;opposed a bill that would have made it easier for survivors of child sex abuse to sue their perpetrators by extending the statute of limitations.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>The Department of Education is threatening to pull funding from programs at Duke and UNC <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/462202-trump-admin-say-unc-duke-programs-portray-islam-too-positively\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">because the programs show Islam in too positive a light<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Will Wilkinson writes in the <em>New York Times<\/em> why <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/09\/18\/opinion\/assault-rifle-ban.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">certain conservatives are so up in arms (pun intended) over an assault weapons ban<\/a>. I think he&#8217;s right on the nose here.<\/li>\n<li><em>Philadelphia<\/em> magazine is suing the Governor of Pennsylvania for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phillymag.com\/news\/2019\/09\/13\/kenney-press-restrictions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">his office&#8217;s attempts to curtail the magazine&#8217;s access<\/a> in retaliation for their coverage of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phillymag.com\/news\/2019\/08\/28\/drop-triple-dip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wasteful DROP program<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediamatters.org\/cbs\/cbs-news-highlights-increasing-rates-anti-abortion-violence-and-harassment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Violence and harassment against abortion clinics, providers, and patients is on the rise<\/a>, according to a new CBS News report.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2019\/09\/15\/facebook-took-down-our-fact-check-medically-necessary-abortions-thats-dangerous\/?wpisrc=nl_most&amp;wpmm=1\" target=\"_Blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook took down a fact-checking report on medically necessary abortions<\/a>, part of how forced birthers are waging war on abortion rights the same way anti-vaxxers are trying to wage war on vaccinations: through disinformation and abuse of social media sites&#8217; own policing.<\/li>\n<li>Those of you in academia may appreciate <a href=\"https:\/\/threadreaderapp.com\/thread\/1174010078632009728.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this Twitter thread on bots infiltrating research surveys<\/a> and tips for blocking them.<\/li>\n<li>Slice Out Hunger is holding <a href=\"https:\/\/sliceouthunger.org\/nycdollarslicenight\" target=\"_Blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">its annual Dollar Slice Night fundraiser<\/a> in NYC on October 3rd.<\/li>\n<li>Board game news: A group of gaming industry folk have created the American Tabletop Awards and <a href=\"https:\/\/americantabletopawards.com\/2019-american-tabletop-award-winners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">named their inaugural winners<\/a>, including the Quacks of Quedlinburg and Root.<\/li>\n<li>They&#8217;re already 2000% funded (!) but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/starlinggames\/everdell-spirecrest-and-bellfaire?ref=212qoi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">there are two new Everdell expansions on Kickstarter<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Tweet of the week:<br>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Teacher: Can someone give me an example of white privilege? <br>Student: Oh come on! I don\u2019t want to talk about white privilege.<br>Teacher: Excellent job. Anyone else?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Abbi Crutchfield (@curlycomedy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/curlycomedy\/status\/1175100423931334656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 20, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My one ESPN+ column this week looked at players I was wrong about, including Shane Bieber and Jeff McNeil. I also held a Klawchat on Thursday and a Periscope video chat on Tuesday. I discussed details of my new book, due out in April 2020 from HarperCollins, in this week&#8217;s edition of my free email [&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":[49,1083,959,984,1109,190,870],"class_list":["post-7906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-baseball","tag-board-game-news","tag-first-amendment","tag-guns","tag-israel","tag-links","tag-stick-to-baseball","entry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7906","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=7906"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7913,"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7906\/revisions\/7913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}