{"id":8264,"date":"2020-02-29T14:42:30","date_gmt":"2020-02-29T19:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/?p=8264"},"modified":"2020-03-01T09:28:28","modified_gmt":"2020-03-01T14:28:28","slug":"stick-to-baseball-2-29-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/29\/stick-to-baseball-2-29-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Stick to baseball, 2\/29\/20."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My top 100 prospects package began to run this week on The Athletic, with <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"the global top 100 (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/2v9Jxmo\" target=\"_blank\">the global top 100<\/a> running Monday, the column of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"guys who just missed (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/2TiAHuC\" target=\"_blank\">guys who just missed<\/a> on Tuesday, and then the American League org reports running the rest of the week. (Here&#8217;s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"the Rangers' report (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/32F8R0a\" target=\"_blank\">the Rangers&#8217; report<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/Keith Law\u2019s prospect rankings: Kansas City Royals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"the Royals' (opens in a new tab)\">the Royals&#8217;<\/a>, for example.) You can access everything <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/tag\/keith-law-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"via this index page (opens in a new tab)\">via this index page<\/a>. I also held a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Klawchat (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/3ce2AwQ\" target=\"_blank\">Klawchat<\/a> this Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My brand-new podcast, <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/podcast\/168-the-keith-law-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Keith Law Show (opens in a new tab)\">The Keith Law Show<\/a> (also on <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-keith-law-show\/id1499877854\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"iTunes (opens in a new tab)\">iTunes<\/a>), debuted this past week as well, with a guest appearance from Fangraphs&#8217; lead prospect writer Eric Longenhagen. My thanks to all of you who&#8217;ve subscribed and\/or left five-star ratings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My second book, <em>The Inside Game: Bad Calls, Strange\nMoves, and What Baseball Behavior Teaches Us About Ourselves<\/em>, is due out on\nApril 21<sup>st<\/sup> from Harper Collins, and you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harpercollins.com\/9780062942722\/the-inside-game\/\">pre-order\nit now<\/a> via their site or wherever fine books are sold. Also, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/tinyletter.com\/keithlaw\">my free email newsletter<\/a>, which I\nsay I&#8217;ll write more often than I actually write it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve also got at least five signings scheduled at independent bookstores already, with two announced on the stores&#8217; pages: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politics-prose.com\/event\/book\/keith-law-inside-game-bad-calls-strange-moves-and-what-baseball-behavior-teaches-us-about\">April 24<sup>th<\/sup> at Politics &amp; Prose in DC<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.midtownscholar.com\/calendar\/2020\/4\/25\/keith-law-the-inside-game\">April 25<sup>th<\/sup> at Midtown Scholar in Harrisburg<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And now, the links&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>This week&#8217;s must-read piece is from James Hamblin in the <em>Atlantic<\/em>, on how <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/health\/archive\/2020\/02\/covid-vaccine\/607000\/?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=share\" target=\"_blank\">we are all likely to get coronavirus<\/a>. A vaccine won&#8217;t arrive in time to stop the outbreak, with U.S. policy failures a big reason why, and the virus&#8217;s long incubation period and 2% fatality rate ensure it will continue to spread despite containment efforts. We should try to get all our red city cards to the Scientist.<\/li><li>Of course, our Dear Leader referred to concerns about coronavirus and the media coverage of it <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"as a hoax (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/milbank\/status\/1233555987149312000\" target=\"_blank\">as a hoax<\/a>, and then <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"offered some false statements (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/owillis\/status\/1233515515957665794\" target=\"_blank\">offered some false statements<\/a> on the virus&#8217;s spread.<\/li><li>Longreads: This history of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"the failure of the startup Homepolish (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/marker.medium.com\/how-homepolishs-extremely-instagrammable-house-of-cards-came-tumbling-down-d7a7d1780ddc\" target=\"_blank\">the failure of the startup Homepolish<\/a> is fascinating if entirely familiar. A fast-talking, highly educated con man convinced a lot of seemingly smart people to fund his company-without-a-business.<\/li><li><em>GQ<\/em> has the story of &#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"the Great Buenos Aires bank heist (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gq.com\/story\/the-great-buenos-aires-bank-heist\" target=\"_blank\">the Great Buenos Aires bank heist<\/a>,&#8221; meticulously planned and executed, only to collapse because of one gang member&#8217;s infidelity to his wife.<\/li><li>The <em>Guardian<\/em> looks at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"the lasting influence of Copenhagen restaurant Noma (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/food\/2020\/feb\/28\/what-noma-did-next-new-nordic-food-rene-redzepi-claus-meyer-locavore-foraging\" target=\"_blank\">the lasting influence of Copenhagen restaurant Noma<\/a>, which continues to alter the global food scene with its ethos of local, sustainable cuisine.<\/li><li>Writing for <em>VICE<\/em>, the great ex-Deadspin writer Laura Wagner details testimony in <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"a lawsuit over the NYPD's racist policing practices. (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/7kzw5b\/infamous-nypd-transit-cop-gives-secret-testimony-about-racist-policing-practices\" target=\"_blank\">a lawsuit over the NYPD&#8217;s racist policing practices.<\/a><\/li><li>Pippa Norris, Harvard political scientist and director of the Electoral Integrity Project, discusses <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"the rise of authoritarian populism (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harvardmagazine.com\/2020\/03\/feature-the-authoritarian-reflex\" target=\"_blank\">the rise of authoritarian populism<\/a> as a response to social change and why populism lends itself to authoritarian impulses.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"How Gmail filters emails from various candidates (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/themarkup.org\/google-the-giant\/2020\/02\/26\/wheres-my-email\" target=\"_blank\">How Gmail filters emails from various candidates<\/a> may affect how those candidates fare in the primaries.<\/li><li>The mass murderer who killed nine Turkish immigrants outside Frankfurt <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"was a Trump-loving, QAnon believer (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/opinion\/commentary\/germany-mass-killing-right-wing-trump-child-abuse-20200223.html\" target=\"_blank\">was a Trump-loving, QAnon believer<\/a>.<\/li><li>Bloomberg <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"profiled Restoration Games (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2020-02-21\/board-games-from-the-80s-are-rebooted-for-generation-x\" target=\"_blank\">profiled Restoration Games<\/a> and founder Rob Daviau fresh off the company&#8217;s blockbuster Kickstarter effort for the Return to Dark Tower, a reboot of a cult classic game from the early 1980s, which raised over $4 million. Daviau is also the inventor of the &#8220;legacy game&#8221; concept, which turned Pandemic Legacy into one of the most acclaimed and highest-rated board games ever released.<\/li><li>Celtics rookie Grant Williams <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"loves him some Settlers of Catan (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/sports\/celtics\/2020\/02\/18\/taking-celtics-rookie-grant-williams-his-favorite-board-game\/RWFVqZmHNRClKpFkXl27XL\/story.html?camp=bg%3Abrief%3Arss%3Afeedly&amp;rss_id=feedly_rss_brief&amp;s_campaign=bostonglobe%3Asocialflow%3Atwitter\" target=\"_blank\">loves him some Settlers of Catan<\/a>.<\/li><li>Jon Melli goes inside <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"the campers where two Orioles pitching prospects make their homes. (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/sports\/orioles\/bs-sp-orioles-grayson-rodriguez-blaine-knight-camper-20200224-jofosytmd5gw3njign6nmqkydq-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">the campers where two Orioles pitching prospects make their homes.<\/a><\/li><li>Learning another language <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"can alter your perception of time (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/getpocket.com\/explore\/item\/language-alters-our-experience-of-time\" target=\"_blank\">can alter your perception of time<\/a>.<\/li><li>You can only be a writer <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"if you can afford it (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2020\/feb\/27\/a-dirty-secret-you-can-only-be-a-writer-if-you-can-afford-it\" target=\"_blank\">if you can afford it<\/a>.<\/li><li>Plaid Hat Games, acquired several years ago by Asmodee, has been <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"sold back to founder Colby Dauch (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plaidhatgames.com\/news\/1047\" target=\"_blank\">sold back to founder Colby Dauch<\/a>, although much of its catalog of games will stay with Asmodee.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My top 100 prospects package began to run this week on The Athletic, with the global top 100 running Monday, the column of guys who just missed on Tuesday, and then the American League org reports running the rest of the week. (Here&#8217;s the Rangers&#8217; report, and the Royals&#8217;, for example.) You can access everything [&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":[1083,1162,578,190,961,870],"class_list":["post-8264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-board-game-news","tag-coronavirus","tag-history-of-food","tag-links","tag-longreads","tag-stick-to-baseball","entry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8264","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=8264"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8272,"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8264\/revisions\/8272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}