A big new contract in San Diego, a big new scandal in New York, a big bridge in West Virginia's new national park, and a big old jackass bids Earth adieu.
I don't think the Mets owe me anything, any more than any corporation does. But they do owe the women who work for them and the women who work with them answers. It's both clear and not surprising that even in the sexist world of baseball, the team run by known sexist Jeff Wilpon looked the other way as much as it could. It's shameful, but I don't trust the new owner or the old team president to fix things without a nudge from MLB. And that isn't happening.
The Tatis contract is nuts. There must be some opt-out clauses in there somewhere. Because if not, I expect someone to be very unhappy at the tail end of the deal when other players are paid more or when he's gotten old and can't produce. But nice money if you can get it.
And one positive out of the Tribune sale - the Baltimore Sun and the local papers it owned are being sold to a Maryland-based foundation led by a local wealthy person who seems like he doesn't completely suck. So there's hope for The (Baltimore) Sun, at least.
I may have made this comment before, but I'll make it again for the benefit of the freeload...er, visitors today.
In the 1990s, in a small CMass town called Ware, the entire Board of Selectmen was recalled after some shenanigans came to light, with some help from the newspaper that I used to write for while I was finishing up my undergraduate degree.
The point is that this little newspaper--which was a *weekly* and had an editor, a reporter, and maybe two stringers--was able to break this news because *someone* was watching and paying attention. As little as ten years later, I doubt it would have been noticed because even then, it took the larger, local daily paper (30 miles away) to give the weekly some cover by picking up the story for its regional edition.
Covering the outlying towns is almost always one of the first cuts to any daily newspaper, assuming an area *has* a daily newspaper. There are several major cities now without one, and plenty of large suburbs with as many weekly newspapers as Young Republicans without trust funds.
Which begs the question: If sh!t like this happened when there was someone watching, what's happening now that no one is?
Wow. Talk about falling far from the tree. Kubrick, of course, wanted to do a film about the Holocaust called Aryan Papers but ceased work on it after seeing Schindler's List because he thought the themes were too similar. Every few years someone says they'd like to take on the project but I haven't heard any concrete plans about a possible film.
I appreciate the attention paid to the issues in baseball stemming from the stories about Jared Porter, Mickey Callaway, and Ryan Ellis. This does frame the problem as a Mets one, however, instead of a wider cultural issue in baseball and a problem of the perception of women in general society. This is not a Mets problem, and while they (of course!) need to evaluate their processes in hiring and Human Resources and more, every team and the league’s central offices need to do more and do better.
The Tatis deal is exactly the kind of thing Cleveland should have done with Lindor 2-3 years ago. Way too many Cleveland fans are buying into the whole “small market” excuse, but clearly it’s all a load of crap based on what the Padres are doing. (This wing of the Dolan family is worth $4B+, fwiw...)
Even with the Dodgers as my secondary rooting interest, I am excited about the Tatís signing. Competition is good for the game which is why this sport needs a league minimum payroll in the next CBA. Look what it’s done for the NBA.
Oh, and I’m back on my bs again but eff the Mets. I feel sorry for their fans but maybe this is a sign the league needs harassment policy with teeth behind it.
Lots of angst in Nats land this morning about what the Tatis deal means for Turner and Soto long-term… I would like to think the Lerners will be as proactive as the Padres’ owners but I guess I will have to buy a ticket to see them both in pinstripes in five or six years. Sigh.
I was just looking at the New River Gorge website last night. Was trying to plan a camping trip where I meet a friend in the middle, and Beckley turns out to be the midpoint between Richmond VA and Columbus. Turns out he probably won't be able to pull it off this summer but I think I'm still going to book a campsite and go with my wife in late July. I've spent the night several times in Beckley as when we drive back to Indiana we usually leave after work and drive 4 hours to Beckley, spend the night, then get into Indianapolis around 2 PM the next day.
I don't think the Mets owe me anything, any more than any corporation does. But they do owe the women who work for them and the women who work with them answers. It's both clear and not surprising that even in the sexist world of baseball, the team run by known sexist Jeff Wilpon looked the other way as much as it could. It's shameful, but I don't trust the new owner or the old team president to fix things without a nudge from MLB. And that isn't happening.
The Tatis contract is nuts. There must be some opt-out clauses in there somewhere. Because if not, I expect someone to be very unhappy at the tail end of the deal when other players are paid more or when he's gotten old and can't produce. But nice money if you can get it.
Kudos for not holding back on Limbaugh. Your eulogy was spot on.
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
And one positive out of the Tribune sale - the Baltimore Sun and the local papers it owned are being sold to a Maryland-based foundation led by a local wealthy person who seems like he doesn't completely suck. So there's hope for The (Baltimore) Sun, at least.
I may have made this comment before, but I'll make it again for the benefit of the freeload...er, visitors today.
In the 1990s, in a small CMass town called Ware, the entire Board of Selectmen was recalled after some shenanigans came to light, with some help from the newspaper that I used to write for while I was finishing up my undergraduate degree.
The point is that this little newspaper--which was a *weekly* and had an editor, a reporter, and maybe two stringers--was able to break this news because *someone* was watching and paying attention. As little as ten years later, I doubt it would have been noticed because even then, it took the larger, local daily paper (30 miles away) to give the weekly some cover by picking up the story for its regional edition.
Covering the outlying towns is almost always one of the first cuts to any daily newspaper, assuming an area *has* a daily newspaper. There are several major cities now without one, and plenty of large suburbs with as many weekly newspapers as Young Republicans without trust funds.
Which begs the question: If sh!t like this happened when there was someone watching, what's happening now that no one is?
"Hey, you're only young once, but you can be immature forever." - Larry Andersen (1988)
"I’m probably too old to swing off it, though." - Craig Calcaterra (2021)
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Wow. Talk about falling far from the tree. Kubrick, of course, wanted to do a film about the Holocaust called Aryan Papers but ceased work on it after seeing Schindler's List because he thought the themes were too similar. Every few years someone says they'd like to take on the project but I haven't heard any concrete plans about a possible film.
I appreciate the attention paid to the issues in baseball stemming from the stories about Jared Porter, Mickey Callaway, and Ryan Ellis. This does frame the problem as a Mets one, however, instead of a wider cultural issue in baseball and a problem of the perception of women in general society. This is not a Mets problem, and while they (of course!) need to evaluate their processes in hiring and Human Resources and more, every team and the league’s central offices need to do more and do better.
When you bully someone, you show the world you are either too lazy or too stupid to motivate in any other way. Good riddance, Limbaugh.
The Tatis deal is exactly the kind of thing Cleveland should have done with Lindor 2-3 years ago. Way too many Cleveland fans are buying into the whole “small market” excuse, but clearly it’s all a load of crap based on what the Padres are doing. (This wing of the Dolan family is worth $4B+, fwiw...)
Even with the Dodgers as my secondary rooting interest, I am excited about the Tatís signing. Competition is good for the game which is why this sport needs a league minimum payroll in the next CBA. Look what it’s done for the NBA.
Oh, and I’m back on my bs again but eff the Mets. I feel sorry for their fans but maybe this is a sign the league needs harassment policy with teeth behind it.
Lots of angst in Nats land this morning about what the Tatis deal means for Turner and Soto long-term… I would like to think the Lerners will be as proactive as the Padres’ owners but I guess I will have to buy a ticket to see them both in pinstripes in five or six years. Sigh.
Good piece today on the death penalty from Liz Bruenig that echoes some of your points: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/18/opinion/federal-death-penalty.html
And I think it's not only acceptable but preferable to speak ill of the dead who spent their lives speaking ill of humanity. Good eulogy.
I was just looking at the New River Gorge website last night. Was trying to plan a camping trip where I meet a friend in the middle, and Beckley turns out to be the midpoint between Richmond VA and Columbus. Turns out he probably won't be able to pull it off this summer but I think I'm still going to book a campsite and go with my wife in late July. I've spent the night several times in Beckley as when we drive back to Indiana we usually leave after work and drive 4 hours to Beckley, spend the night, then get into Indianapolis around 2 PM the next day.