{"id":8041,"date":"2019-11-23T11:34:39","date_gmt":"2019-11-23T16:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/?p=8041"},"modified":"2019-11-23T16:16:00","modified_gmt":"2019-11-23T21:16:00","slug":"stick-to-baseball-11-23-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/23\/stick-to-baseball-11-23-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Stick to baseball, 11\/23\/19."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For ESPN+ subscribers, I discussed <a href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/346WCZY\" target=\"_Blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the baseball case for trading Mookie Betts<\/a>, and looked at <a href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/35oL70a\" target=\"_Blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Yasmani Grandal and Will Smith signings<\/a>. I also held a <a href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/2OaABUF\" target=\"_Blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Klawchat<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Over at <em>Paste<\/em>, I reviewed <a href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/2D7Errb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Watergate, a great and well-timed new two-player game<\/a> where you play either as Nixon or as the journalists trying to uncover the scandal. For Ars Technica, I reviewed the social deduction game <a href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/2DcJEhD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Game of Thrones Oathbreaker<\/a>, a game with team &amp; individual components that I think is too unbalanced.<\/p>\n<p>My new book, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.harpercollins.com\/9780062942722\/the-inside-game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Inside Game<\/a><\/em>, will be out on April 21, 2020, and you can pre-order it now. Stand by for news on store events, including Politics &amp; Prose in DC and Midtown Scholar in Harrisburg.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll send out the latest edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/tinyletter.com\/keithlaw\" target=\"_Blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">my free email newsletter<\/a> later today, talking a little about the philosophical debates I&#8217;m having with myself over this year&#8217;s Hall of Fame ballot.<\/p>\n<p>My friend Jessica Scarane is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.delawareonline.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2019\/11\/18\/millennial-progressive-woman-primary-delaware-sen-chris-coons\/2580646001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mounting a primary challenge to Delaware Senator Chris Coons<\/a>; Coons is a centrist Democrat who, among other things, thought Nats fans were wrong to boo President Trump, and who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.delawareonline.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2019\/11\/18\/millennial-progressive-woman-primary-delaware-sen-chris-coons\/2580646001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">regularly works with the GOP<\/a>. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.actblue.com\/donate\/jess-website?refcode=header\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">donate to Jess&#8217;s campaign on her website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And now, the links\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Longreads first: My colleague Kevin Arnovitz describes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/28078881\/how-nba-executive-jeff-david-stole-13-million-sacramento-kings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">how a Sacramento Kings exec pilfered $13 million from the team<\/a> before he was caught.<\/li>\n<li>A <em>Newsday<\/em> investigation found evidence of <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.newsday.com\/long-island\/real-estate-agents-investigation\/?fbclid=IwAR3_QrSA6gE9HCeHx0N3ptMF7ynuH_NyHfAW6SXNHyDJnCm5fDVTaTxYClc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">steering and de facto redlining<\/a> in the Long Island real estate market.<\/li>\n<li>This <em>New Yorker<\/em> profile of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2019\/11\/25\/the-grocery-store-where-produce-meets-politics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the 47-year-old Park Slope Food Co-Op<\/a> is fascinating, by turns a paean to a community effort to make people and the planet healthier, and a portrait of how insufferable other people can be.<\/li>\n<li>The <em>Atlantic<\/em>&#8216;s Sarah Zhang detailed how a few Internet sleuths <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/science\/archive\/2019\/11\/when-internet-sleuths-solved-murder-mystery\/601636\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">helped identify a Jane Doe murdered 13 years ago<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>NPR reports on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2019\/11\/20\/780452645\/americas-shame-medicaid-funding-slashed-in-u-s-territories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">how the federal government is depriving U.S. territories of Medicaid funding<\/a>, which may result in half or more of Guam and U.S. Virgin Islands residents losing their coverage, and Puerto Rican residents losing dental and prescription drug coverage. I should also point out that citizens of these territories do not vote for President and lack any representation in Congress.<\/li>\n<li>MLB.com&#8217;s Joe Trezza has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/orioles-rebuilding-under-mike-elias\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a thorough overview of how Mike Elias has reshaped the O&#8217;s baseball ops department<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Lindsay Gibbs of the Athletic wrote in her newsletter this week about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.powerplays.news\/p\/malcolm-gladwells-betrayal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Malcolm Gladwell&#8217;s betrayal of sexual abuse victims<\/a> with his Penn State trutherism and misquoting of Michigan State victims. In addition to his own podcast, Gladwell was a guest on ESPN&#8217;s 30 for 30 podcast about the L.A. Clippers just three weeks ago, well after he&#8217;d started this weird campaign.<\/li>\n<li>Philadelphia Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins wrote an editorial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/opinion\/commentary\/malcolm-jenkins-philadelphia-next-police-commissioner-20191118.html\" target=\"_Blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">urging mayor Jim Kenney to consider transparency and accountability<\/a> when choosing the city&#8217;s next police commissioner. The city&#8217;s police union issued a juvenile response, calling him a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/news\/philadelphia\/malcolm-jenkins-philadelphia-police-union-president-john-mcnesby-letter-20191120.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">nonresident washed up [sic] football player<\/a>,&#8221; which Jenkins simply called a &#8220;distraction.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers and Wharton\/Penn Law professor Natasha Sarin point out that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/yes-our-tax-system-needs-reform-lets-start-with-this-first-step\/2019\/11\/17\/4d23f8d4-07dd-11ea-924a-28d87132c7ec_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">improving the IRS&#8217;s auditing capabilities and resources should be the first step<\/a> in any tax reform proposal because (according to their research) every $1 spent on auditing would yield $11 in increased revenue. That obviously can&#8217;t continue indefinitely \u2013 the ratio will decline with increased auditing, as the easiest targets are made to pay up and other tax scofflaws improve their compliance to avoid getting caught \u2013 but they refer to this as &#8220;low-hanging fruit&#8221; that also should be politically popular.<\/li>\n<li>A former writer for <em>The Simpsons<\/em> explains how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/outlook\/2019\/11\/14\/one-defenses-trump-is-literally-tv-sitcom-joke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the &#8220;attempted crime isn&#8217;t a crime&#8221; defense of Trump comes from that show<\/a>, where Sideshow Bob asked how attempted murder could be a crime.<\/li>\n<li>Also in the <em>Washington Post<\/em>, two editorial writers described this week how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2019\/11\/20\/gordon-sondland-just-made-this-scandal-whole-lot-bigger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gordon Sundland&#8217;s testimony made the Trump\/Ukraine scandal much bigger<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/culture\/cultural-comment\/should-the-parthenon-marbles-be-returned-to-greece\" target=\"_Blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Should the Parthenon (&#8220;Elgin&#8221;) Marbles be returned to Greece?<\/a> I mean, of course they should, but Mary Norris argues in favor as well. Also, they&#8217;re marble <em>statues<\/em>, not, like, actual marbles.<\/li>\n<li>A mother explains <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sammichespsychmeds.com\/why-my-family-and-i-chose-not-to-car-seat\/\" target=\"_Blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">why she chose not to use car seats<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Why has Andrew Wakefield&#8217;s fraudulent, retracted paper on vaccines and autism <a href=\"https:\/\/retractionwatch.com\/2019\/11\/18\/andrew-wakefields-fraudulent-paper-on-vaccines-and-autism-has-been-cited-more-than-a-thousand-times-these-researchers-tried-to-figure-out-why\/\" target=\"_Blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">been cited over a thousand times<\/a>? The reasons are complex but one key takeaway is that the system of citing breaks down when the cited papers are partially or fully retracted.<\/li>\n<li>Board game news: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/mikegnade\/alderquest?ref=project_facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alder Quest<\/a>, a new area control game for 1-4 players, just hit Kickstarter this week.<\/li>\n<li>A new game from the publishers of Ragusa (which I demoed but haven&#8217;t actually played), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/braincrack-games\/venice-beautiful-groundbreaking-eurogame-for-1-5-players?ref=bgggamepage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Venice is now on Kickstarter<\/a> as well, with a very cool-looking board of streets and canals in the soon-to-be-underwater city.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For ESPN+ subscribers, I discussed the baseball case for trading Mookie Betts, and looked at the Yasmani Grandal and Will Smith signings. I also held a Klawchat on Thursday. Over at Paste, I reviewed Watergate, a great and well-timed new two-player game where you play either as Nixon or as the journalists trying to uncover [&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":[49,1083,190,961,234,295,940],"class_list":["post-8041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-baseball","tag-board-game-news","tag-links","tag-longreads","tag-philadelphia","tag-taxes","tag-the-swamp","entry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8041","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=8041"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8046,"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8041\/revisions\/8046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}