{"id":9400,"date":"2022-03-19T23:05:35","date_gmt":"2022-03-20T03:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/?p=9400"},"modified":"2022-03-19T23:05:35","modified_gmt":"2022-03-20T03:05:35","slug":"stick-to-baseball-3-19-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/19\/stick-to-baseball-3-19-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Stick to baseball, 3\/19\/22."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I had a surprisingly busy week, writing five pieces for The Athletic about some of the big trades and signings since the lockout ended<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/3180279\/2022\/03\/13\/law-as-mets-deal-prospects-again-how-much-did-they-give-up-did-twins-rangers-fill-gaps-with-trade\/\">The Chris Bassitt and Mitch Garver\/Isiah Kiner-Falefa trades<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/3182874\/2022\/03\/14\/law-twins-keep-busy-with-trades-with-yankees-reds-what-to-expect-from-the-players-moved\/\">The Josh Donaldson\/Gary Sanchez and Sonny Gray trades<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/3183395\/2022\/03\/14\/is-atlanta-better-with-matt-olson-than-freddie-freeman-keith-law-answers-and-breaks-down-the-as-prospect-haul\/\">The Matt Olson trade<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/3189913\/2022\/03\/16\/law-blue-jays-buy-low-on-matt-chapman-with-a-four-player-package-returned-to-as\/\">The Matt Chapman trade<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/3190819\/2022\/03\/16\/law-rockies-make-curious-decision-with-kris-bryant-cubs-get-big-boost-with-seiya-suzuki\/\">The Kris Bryant and Seiya Suzuki signings<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>My podcast guest this week was old friend Joe Sheehan, talking about the CBA and what transactions had already taken place at the time we spoke on Monday afternoon. Listen via <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/podcast\/168-the-keith-law-show\/?episode=86\">The Athletic<\/a> or subscribe on <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-wombats-lead-singer-matthew-murphy-on-the-bands\/id1499877854?i=1000551737763\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Keith-Law-Show\/dp\/B08JJS4ZKH\">Amazon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/5M8xE3pJ9kixdKYzlYOuKd?si=JHtwTs0TSly6ODZFm2Z1dQ\">Spotify<\/a>, or wherever you get your podcasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over at Paste, I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pastemagazine.com\/games\/micromacro-crime-city-board-game-review\/\">reviewed MicroMacro Crime City<\/a>, the Spiel des Jahres winner for 2021, a mystery game that asks you to solve a series of 16 cases by examining a giant map and answering a set of questions. It&#8217;s fun and novel, but it&#8217;s one-and-done \u2013 once you finish the 16 cases, you&#8217;ve completed the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And now, the links:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Koch Industries, whose owner, Charles Koch, is probably the biggest dark-money donor in U.S. politics, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2022\/03\/17\/koch-industries-remain-russia-ukraine-war\/\">is refusing to cease doing business in Russia<\/a>. This is the same Charles Koch who funds all kinds of astroturfed efforts against LGBT rights and CRT in schools so he can keep his taxes low and regulation to a minimum.<\/li><li>The completion of a highway in the western Amazon, first started in the 1970s to connect the otherwise isolated Manaus (2.2 million people) to Porto Velho (539,000), is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/interactive\/2022\/brazil-amazon-deforestation-highway-br-319\/\">leading to deforestation and now killings of residents<\/a> by those seeking to profit from the construction.<\/li><li>As Florida&#8217;s death-loving Governor claims you shouldn&#8217;t vaccinate kids against COVID-19, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/vaccinate-your-kid-against-sars2\/\">evidence and the experts agree that this advice is wrong<\/a>.<\/li><li>David Gorski takes on DeSantis and the Great Barrington Declaration grifters by pointing out <a href=\"https:\/\/sciencebasedmedicine.org\/covid-theater-urgency-of-normal-gbd\/\">that there&#8217;s a long, dark history of this kind of thinking<\/a>, rooted in eugenics.<\/li><li>One-third of all U.S. child COVID-19 deaths <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/mar\/11\/us-child-covid-deaths-omicron-surge\">came during the omicron surge this winter<\/a>, in case you&#8217;re still on the fence about vaccinating your kids.<\/li><li>We have yet more evidence that <a href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/2022\/03\/turns-out-the-horse-dewormer-doesnt-help-covid-patients.html\">ivermectin doesn&#8217;t help COVID-19 patients at all<\/a>.<\/li><li>State government health policies <a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jama\/fullarticle\/2790238\">are driving increasing gaps in health outcomes<\/a>, notably in the varying state responses to COVID-19.<\/li><li>Duchess County, New York, decided <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/03\/11\/us\/covid-stimulus-money-fight.html\">to spend $12.5 million in federal COVID-19 aid funds<\/a> to renovate the Hudson Valley Renegades&#8217; stadium.<\/li><li>Netflix cancelled <em>The Baby-Sitters Club<\/em> after two seasons, with the first season taking seven Emmy nominations and two wins. <em>Vulture<\/em> spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/article\/why-the-baby-sitters-club-was-canceled-at-netflix.html\">one of the show&#8217;s executive producers about the service&#8217;s decision<\/a>. Slashfilm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/804140\/baby-sitters-club-creator-laments-netflix-cancelation-as-a-loss-for-female-audiences\/\">did as well<\/a>, with more focus on the loss it represents for female audiences.<\/li><li>Tennessee State Rep. Gloria Johnson (D) tweeted through a list of some of the <a href=\"https:\/\/threadreaderapp.com\/thread\/1505048707875622914.html\">alarming, hate-filled, anti-science bills coming in that state<\/a>.<\/li><li>Like the law in Texas <a href=\"https:\/\/texassignal.com\/how-texas-school-censorship-law-is-impacting-classrooms\/\">preventing schools from talking about race<\/a>, a bill that was designed to stop the teaching of critical race theory even though it wasn&#8217;t actually being taught anywhere.<\/li><li>Board game news: Birdwatcher, a fast-playing competitive game from first-time designer Zakir Jafry, <a href=\"https:\/\/renegadegamestudios.com\/birdwatcher\/?_kx=Ntuk10dAK_WSoOv89kWQuV0L4rpT8yzEZwjMiDt-Hkc%3D.WUk6qc\">is available for pre-order<\/a>. I&#8217;m going to have a hard time not thinking this was at least inspired by Wingspan, though.<\/li><li>The Villainous game universe will get <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/22967946\/star-wars-villainous-board-game-announcement-release-date-price\">its first set of Star Wars villains<\/a> this summer. I&#8217;m slightly disappointed at the absence of Cad Bane, though.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had a surprisingly busy week, writing five pieces for The Athletic about some of the big trades and signings since the lockout ended The Chris Bassitt and Mitch Garver\/Isiah Kiner-Falefa trades The Josh Donaldson\/Gary Sanchez and Sonny Gray trades The Matt Olson trade The Matt Chapman trade The Kris Bryant and Seiya Suzuki signings [&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":[1083,1129,1162,128,190,961,568,870,1044,477,306],"class_list":["post-9400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-board-game-news","tag-brazil","tag-coronavirus","tag-florida","tag-links","tag-longreads","tag-new-york","tag-stick-to-baseball","tag-tennessee","tag-texas","tag-tv","entry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9400","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=9400"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9401,"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9400\/revisions\/9401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}