{"id":9164,"date":"2021-10-10T13:41:07","date_gmt":"2021-10-10T17:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/?p=9164"},"modified":"2021-10-10T13:41:09","modified_gmt":"2021-10-10T17:41:09","slug":"stick-to-baseball-10-10-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/10\/stick-to-baseball-10-10-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Stick to baseball, 10\/10\/21."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My only content for subscribers to The Athletic this week was my contribution to our playoff predictions<\/a>, where I pointed out that the evidence says playoff predictions by humans are probably no better those by than a dart-throwing monkey. I only got one of the wild-card winners right, and at the moment one of my four LDS picks is down 0 games to 2. Anyway, I held a Klawchat<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over at Paste<\/em>, I reviewed the semi-cooperative horror-themed board game Deranged<\/a>, which I found too derivative of games like Arkham Horror without offering enough new ideas or mechanics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On my podcast, I spoke with Jeremy Booth<\/a>, founder of Program 15 and the Future Stars Series, talking about the 2022 draft’s deep high school class, player development in the majors, and more. You can subscribe to my podcast on Spotify<\/a> or iTunes<\/a>. I will not have a new episode this week due to travel, but will return on the 18th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve been better about sending out my email newsletter<\/a> this past month, although I held off sending one this week with nothing immediate to promote. And, as the holidays approach, I’ll remind you all every week that I have two books out, The Inside Game<\/em><\/a> and Smart Baseball<\/em><\/a>, that would make great gifts for the readers (especially baseball fans) on your lists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And now, the links\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n