{"id":8469,"date":"2020-06-06T12:49:57","date_gmt":"2020-06-06T16:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/?p=8469"},"modified":"2020-06-06T12:49:59","modified_gmt":"2020-06-06T16:49:59","slug":"stick-to-baseball-6-6-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/06\/stick-to-baseball-6-6-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Stick to baseball, 6\/6\/20."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I had two columns up this week for subscribers to the Athletic:\n<a href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/2A029HX\">my third stab at projecting the first round<\/a>\nfor next week&#8217;s MLB draft, and my <a href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/2Y6pDDw\">ranking of\nthe top 100 prospects<\/a> in the draft class. I also held a <a href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/370Mapa\">Klawchat<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My podcast this week <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/podcast\/168-the-keith-law-show\/?episode=16\">featured\nmy colleague Evan Drellich<\/a>, talking about the state of negotiations between\nMLB and the union when we spoke on Monday. You can also listen on <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/negotiations-between-mlbpa-owners-w-evan-drellich\/id1499877854?i=1000476468716\">Apple<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.stitcher.com\/splayer\/f\/507691\/69902991\">Stitcher<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/7GTvElFvXHNcGUXRrEOgKs?si=HxvqGEcRQUCVB2d47bIO8g\">Spotify<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The\nInside Game<\/em>&nbsp;has garnered several recommendations from major\npublications as a Father&#8217;s Day gift or for summer reading, including from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/natashawolff\/2020\/05\/27\/fathers-day-gift-guide-the-best-books\/\"><em>Forbes<\/em><\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2020\/books\/summer-reading.html#sports\"><em>The New York Times<\/em><\/a>,&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/raisemagazine.com\/fathers-day-gift-ideas-2020\/\"><em>Raise<\/em><\/a>. My\nthanks to all of you who&#8217;ve already bought it; if you&#8217;re looking to pick up a\ncopy, you can&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/2960\/9780062942722\">get it at\nbookshop.org<\/a>&nbsp;or perhaps at a local bookstore if they&#8217;re reopening\nnear you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My free email newsletter continues to not write itself, yet I\nkeep sending it out anyway. Feel free to <a href=\"https:\/\/tinyletter.com\/keithlaw\">sign up<\/a> for more words from me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And now, the links\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Writer Jake Lawler asks &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/jakelawler.blog\/what-more-do-you-want-from-us\/\">What more can we\ndo to show you that we deserve to live?<\/a>&#8221; <\/li><li>Nylah Burton writes in <em>The Independent<\/em>\nthat Trump&#8217;s threat to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 is just a continuation\nof <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/voices\/trump-washington-protests-press-conference-army-white-house-church-a9544611.html\">our\ngovernment&#8217;s ongoing war on black Americans<\/a>.<\/li><li>The media become complicit in Trump&#8217;s plans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/culture\/archive\/2020\/06\/george-floyd-protests-are-not-chaos-trump-new-york-times\/612544\/\">by\ndismissing the protests as &#8220;chaos&#8221;<\/a> \u2013 they&#8217;re not.<\/li><li>The same white, wealthy Americans who preach\nlibertarianism <a href=\"https:\/\/americancompass.org\/libertarianism-for-me-authoritarianism-for-thee\/\">have\nno problem with authoritarian rule<\/a> for those on the other side of the\nincome gap.<\/li><li>As of Friday morning, there had been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niemanlab.org\/2020\/06\/well-try-to-help-you-follow-the-police-attacks-on-journalists-across-the-country\/\">at\nleast 140 incidents of U.S. police attacking journalists<\/a>. It&#8217;s as good an\nargument as many for those saying it&#8217;s time to <a href=\"https:\/\/defund12.org\/\">defund\nthe police<\/a>.<\/li><li>Alex Pareene writes in <em>The New Republic <\/em>that\n<a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/157981\/police-take-side-white-vigilantes\">the\npolice have sided with white vigilantes<\/a> in cities across the United States.<\/li><li>From July 2019: Tear gas has been banned in\nwarfare, so <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pri.org\/stories\/2019-07-31\/tear-gas-has-been-banned-warfare-why-do-police-still-use-it\">why\ndo police still use it<\/a>?<\/li><li>Tear gas may have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/2020\/06\/columbus-looks-into-death-of-ohio-state-grad-who-attended-downtown-protests\/\">led\nto the death of a protester<\/a> in Columbus, Ohio, who had asthma.<\/li><li>The National Guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/news\/a\/wilmington-del-riots-occupation-martin-luther-king-jr-national-guard-20181207.html\">occupied\nmy adopted home city of Wilmington, Delaware<\/a>, for nine months in 1968. The\ncity has never recovered, including economically.<\/li><li>Breonna Taylor&#8217;s family spoke to NPR about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/06\/04\/869930040\/as-the-nation-chants-her-name-breonna-taylors-family-grieves-a-life-robbed\">grieving\nher loss and the life &#8216;robbed&#8217; by police<\/a>.<\/li><li>The <em>Washington Post<\/em> has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2020\/06\/02\/facebook-manage-activity\/\">a\nguide to deleting old Facebook activity<\/a>, if you&#8217;d like to reduce your\npresence on the service (for any reason) but aren&#8217;t ready to delete your\naccount entirely.<\/li><li>The U.S. unemployment rate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2020\/06\/05\/may-2020-jobs-report-misclassification-error\/\">probably\ndidn&#8217;t decline in May after all<\/a> \u2013 it was a &#8220;misclassification\nerror.&#8221;<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencemag.org\/news\/2020\/06\/blood-vessel-attack-could-trigger-coronavirus-fatal-second-phase\">Coronavirus\nappears to attack the lining of blood vessels<\/a>, leading to a spiral of\ninflammation that culminates in a cytokine storm that has proven fatal for many\npatients with underlying cardiovascular conditions.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/changing-america\/well-being\/prevention-cures\/501020-anti-vaxxers-are-organizing-even-before-a\">Anti-vaxxers\nare already mobilizing<\/a> against the coronavirus vaccine that doesn&#8217;t yet\nexist.<\/li><li>Without a vaccine, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skepticalraptor.com\/skepticalraptorblog.php\/coronavirus-herd-immunity-without-vaccines-will-not-save-us\/\">herd\nimmunity against COVID-19 may not be possible<\/a>.<\/li><li>Poland&#8217;s ruling right-wing party is taking advantage\nof the pandemic to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/articles\/europe\/2020-05-13\/democracy-pause-pandemic-poland\">tighten\nits authoritarian grip on the country<\/a>, including making abortions almost\nimpossible for women to get.<\/li><li>BBC film critic Nicholas Barber pays tribute to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/culture\/article\/20200602-the-man-who-wrote-the-most-perfect-sentences-ever-written\">the\nlight comedic touch of author P.G. Wodehouse<\/a>, the &#8220;crafter of perfect\nsentences.&#8221;<\/li><li>Board game news: Maztec, a jigsaw puzzle that\nplays like a competitive board game, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/freshcreativegames\/maztec-jigsaw\">now\nup on Kickstarter<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had two columns up this week for subscribers to the Athletic: my third stab at projecting the first round for next week&#8217;s MLB draft, and my ranking of the top 100 prospects in the draft class. I also held a Klawchat on Thursday. 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