{"id":9682,"date":"2022-12-17T16:12:11","date_gmt":"2022-12-17T21:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/?p=9682"},"modified":"2022-12-17T16:12:11","modified_gmt":"2022-12-17T21:12:11","slug":"stick-to-baseball-12-17-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/17\/stick-to-baseball-12-17-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Stick to baseball, 12\/17\/22."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Five new posts this week for subscribers to The Athletic:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/3995819\/2022\/12\/12\/trade-grade-athletics-braves-brewers\/\">The three-team Sean Murphy trade<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3W6xkWv\">The Mets\u2019 deal with Kodai Senga<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3WguP3V\">The Giants\u2019 deal with Carlos Correa<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3BAprAX\">The Yankees\u2019 deal with Carlos Rod\u00f3n<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3FA6n6T\">The White Sox\u2019 deal with Andrew Benintendi &amp; Blue Jays\u2019 deal with Chris Bassitt<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ll try to do a Klawchat this upcoming week as my schedule permits; I\u2019m trying to fill my days with calls for the prospect rankings package that will run in late January or early February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My top ten games of 2022 article is already in my editor\u2019s hands at Paste, so that should be up any day now. I\u2019ll update here when it runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My guest on the Keith Law Show this week was <em>Boston Globe<\/em> writer Alex Speier, talking about the Red Sox\u2019 confusing offseason so far and apparent desire to act like a small- or medium-payroll team. You can listen and subscribe via <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-keith-law-show\/id1499877854\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/SpotKlawPod\">Spotify<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/show\/the-keith-law-show\">Stitcher<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3s1basB\">amazon<\/a>, or wherever you get your podcasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve got a new email newsletter about half-written, so I\u2019m really hoping I can finish that off tonight or tomorrow. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/tinyletter.com\/keithlaw\">sign up here<\/a>, for free. Also, you can buy either of my books, <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/2960\/9780062490230\"><em>Smart Baseball<\/em><\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/2960\/9780062942739\"><em>The Inside Game<\/em><\/a>, via bookshop.org at those links, or at your friendly local independent bookstore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, I caved and set up an account on Mastodon, <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.au\/@keithlaw\">@keithlaw@mastodon.au<\/a>. Perhaps that\u2019ll prove a better place for actual discussions with readers as the bird site becomes overrun by trolls \u2013 even my post saying I was on Mastodon attracted three randos who seemed only there to mock anyone who said they were leaving Twitter (which I\u2019m not).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And now, the links\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And now, the links\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Longreads first: The <em>New York Times<\/em> ran a \u201cLives They Lived\u201d piece on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2022\/12\/14\/magazine\/gun-violence-america-child-deaths.html\">twelve children murdered with guns in 2022<\/a>, as gun violence has surpassed auto accidents as the leading cause of death for children in the United States. I think I was most affected by the one on a 17-year-old boy whose brother was also shot and killed several years previously. No way to prevent this, says only nation where this happens regularly.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ProPublica opens the window on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/afghanistan-night-raids-zero-units-lynzy-billing\">CIA-led night raids on Afghan civilians<\/a>, for which the U.S. has never taken responsibility. Mission Accomplished, though, right?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adam Serwer, writing for the <em>Atlantic<\/em>, writes about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2022\/12\/legal-right-to-post-free-speech-social-media\/672406\/\">conservatives\u2019 invention of the \u201cright to post,\u201d<\/a> although it doesn\u2019t seem to apply to everyone, just them, as Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/tech-journalists-suspended-twitter_n_639bc62ee4b0f4895ad9ed9e\">suspended a bunch of journalists who report on Elon Musk\u2019s doings<\/a>. NBC promptly beshit themselves by failing to back up Ben Collins, even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/12\/16\/2022\/newsrooms-are-scrambling-to-counter-elon-musks-bans\">taking him off the air for a few days<\/a> for <s>defending evolution<\/s> failing to insufficiently worship Musk.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Also in the <em>Atlantic<\/em>, the solution to our growing problem of homelessness is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/magazine\/archive\/2023\/01\/homelessness-affordable-housing-crisis-democrats-causes\/672224\/\">to create more housing<\/a>. That\u2019s it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leading Republican figures had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.splcenter.org\/hatewatch\/2022\/12\/11\/white-nationalists-other-republicans-brace-total-wa\">no problem gathering with ardent white nationalists<\/a> talking about \u201ctotal war\u201d at the New York Young Republican Club\u2019s recent gala.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This <a href=\"https:\/\/threadreaderapp.com\/thread\/1601565161885532160.html\">Twitter thread on the extreme right-wing concept<\/a> euphemistically called \u201cCommon Good Constitutionalism,\u201d which believes hardcore Christianity should be the guiding principle for our country, should terrify the rational among us regardless of our political leanings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A professor at Chico State had an affair with a student and threatened to kill two co-workers, but <a href=\"https:\/\/edsource.org\/2022\/chico-state-professor-disciplined-for-student-affair-allegedly-threatened-colleagues-who-complained\/682154?utm_source=pocket_reader\">the university only suspended him for a third of a semester<\/a> while leaving any mention of the incident out of his personnel file. He\u2019s since been suspended again through the end of this academic year after a new outcry over the school\u2019s mishandling of the matter in 2020.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who has been under indictment for <em>seven years<\/em> for alleged securities law violations, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2022\/12\/14\/ken-paxton-transgender-texas-data\/\">sought information on Texas residents who changed the genders on their driver\u2019s licenses<\/a> amidst the state\u2019s push to punish trans people for existing. If he can do this, I\u2019m not sure what prevents any state official from demanding a list of residents who are Black, Jewish, etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Also in Texas, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/education\/2022\/12\/12\/carroll-isd-strikes-gender-religion-sexual-orientation-from-nondiscrimination-statement\/?utm_source=pocket_reader\">Carroll ISD no longer protects students against discrimination<\/a> based on their gender, religion, or sexual orientation. Texas\u2019s lurch towards theocracy continues virtually unimpeded.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Florida passed a law in June that was supposed to address the state\u2019s shortage of about 5000 teachers by putting military veterans, even those with zero educational experience, in the classroom. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.military.com\/daily-news\/2022\/12\/14\/vets-program-was-supposed-help-fix-teacher-shortage-florida-its-only-added-7.html?utm_source=pocket_reader\">The state has hired seven<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One member of Twitter\u2019s now-disused Trust &amp; Safety Council <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/technology\/2022\/12\/twitter-elon-musk-trust-and-safety-council-members-quit-interview.html\">explained to <em>Slate<\/em> why she quit the board<\/a> after Elon Musk bought the company.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Harassment and threats of violence, encouraged by Musk himself, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/12\/12\/tech\/twitter-files-yoel-roth\/index.html\">forced former Twitter head of Trust &amp; Safety Yoel Roth to flee his home<\/a> last weekend.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/elephantlaboratories\/sol-last-days-of-a-star-insert-and-reprint\">The Kickstarter for a new printing of the 2017 game Sol: Last Days of a Star<\/a> is already funded at over $140K pledged with two weeks to go.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five new posts this week for subscribers to The Athletic: I\u2019ll try to do a Klawchat this upcoming week as my schedule permits; I\u2019m trying to fill my days with calls for the prospect rankings package that will run in late January or early February. 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