I wrote a speech for Rob Manfred. Think he'll use it? Also: Les Wexner, Jeff Epstein, Malcom Gladwell, and Loki, only one of which has redeeming qualities.
Tx for adding Pete Alonso’s remarks into the discussion—- his take is so spot on! So damn angry about how MLB/Manfred attempt to “spin” this discussion of sticky substance use into a problem of villainous pitchers.
Just a note that I think that the "do something big" ethic is by far more of a liberal/progressive philosophy than right wing. Those of us who went through adolescence during Vietnam and the Love Revolution of the 60's were inundated with big thoughts about making a difference ("What if they gave a war and nobody came?"). We reached adulthood during Watergate, idolizing 2 reporters who brought down a president (not that simple, but....). We learned that the Civil Rights movement began with a woman who refused to give up her seat on a bus, and peaked under the tutelage of a simple but extraordinarily visionary preacher (again, the mythology obscured millions of others vital to the cause). My parents instilled that in me.
Making a "huge impact" to my generation was always in the context of making the world better, fighting injustice (I became a lawyer because I thought I could be another Darrow), and finding ways to open minds and reach the stars. Meanwhile, my conservative friends tried to find good paying jobs because that was what their parents instilled in them. Their sense of "great ideas" weren't philosophical: they just wanted to excel, invent something, write a great book, become an exec--all to succeed, not to improve the world.
The environmental movement is a perfect example of how the "do something great" philosophy differs by political bent. At best, conservatives want to exploit the earth even if they seek greater efficiency and grudgingly concede the value of alternate energy, but it is the left that sees the current world as horribly in danger. "Saving the world" is literally the left's battle cry.
I read that Millennial Lifestyle Subsidy article too, and came to the exact same conclusion.
The facts aren't wrong, but you're casting shade on millennials for...being savvy consumers who take advantage of services delivered well-below market rate?
So entitled. Can't believe we spent so much time using a "private driver," a service that's significantly different from the "Taxis" that Boomers, Gen X and the older 80% of millennials used.
To me, THAT would be an article worth reading, and it was touched on in the article. With Lyft, AirB&B and the like getting less competitive, how are traditional industries reacting?
Here's a question: If more pitchers than ever are using sticky stuff, and using sticky stuff reduces the chance of batters being hit, are we seeing a reduced rate of HBP? Because we should be. I wish I had time today to look into it.
I'm not qualified to opine on the issue, but in a Mets broadcast this week Ron Darling said the whole "better grip prevents batters from getting hit" thing was just BS. Looking at the current HBP rates compared to 5 or 10 years ago seems like it would either prove or disprove the theory.
I’ve lived a couple hours south of Chicago for nearly a half century, and I’ve been a fan of the Cubs for most of that time, and I can’t recall* a time when the neighborhood around the ballpark wasn’t referred to as “Wrigleyville.”
* Acknowledgement that recall itself is unreliable for someone who has lived anywhere for ~50 years.
I share many of your opinions about Gladwell. As a recovering mark for all things “The Ringer,” I shudder when I think about some of the podcast conversations I listened to between Gladwell and Simmons.
hmmmmm.... You're told that a "crackdown" on a certain behavior is coming.... And your response is to INCREASE that behavior.... Sounds ALOT like the 5th graders I've been hanging around with this year.....
Craig, settle an argument for me: didn’t Rowdy Tellez and Dane Dunning both appear in the same Western back in the late 60’s? If memory serves ( instead of just sitting there, snarking away)...
For the A's recap, please note that the Mark Canha "triple" was a long fly ball that Katel? Marte caught before hitting the wall, then he hit the wall with medium force, came away from the wall and pulled his glove toward his back (it was a weird move, but don't get to focused on that). at this pint the ball slipped out of his glove. Umpire on the field called it no catch. After review, it was no catch. Note that mark Canha had taken off his helmet around first and began to tip his cap.
I have listened to/watched most A's games this year, there have been a lot of replays that in my mind bizarrely go against the A's, so one going in their favor is a treat. This just looks like a catch to me.
There's no reason to "take sides" in any of this "sticky stuff" bullshit but I can't help but think, "Yeah, fuck that guy" when it comes to Gerrit Cole. Yankees fans were ready to fire everyone and trade what they could a few days ago but now they're playing the victim card because someone dared to call out their $300MM pitcher, who is obviously one of the biggest offenders when it comes to this shit. It's just annoying.
As I said, I'm not taking sides here. But I'm also not down for the "everyone is doing it so it's no big deal" stuff either. You see this with steroids. Baseball writers hate the league office and blame them for looking the other way so it's fine that a generation of players injected themselves with bovine growth hormones because Bud Selig is a dick.
Manfred sucks ass just like Selig did but it doesn't change the fact that these guys are cheating and the more I see people seemingly siding with the players the more annoyed I get. You can't go around screaming about baseball being broken only to turn a blind eye when someone points out that a big part of the problem is that about 80% of today's pitchers are doctoring the ball to the point where exploding 96 mph slides are the norm.
Michael Kay wasn't the only one who wanted to see Donaldson drilled yesterday and that's just weird. How is Gerrit Cole the victim here?
One more thought on the "Indy Didn't Matter" thing: Indy *hasn't seen the end of the movie; he doesn't know that the Nazis are going to get melted*. He has to act as if the Nazis really do have a potential superweapon in their hands.
We, in our privileged view, know that the Nazis are EVIL and that Yahweh will smite them. Indy doesn't believe in the religious aspects of The Ark; all he knows is that it's an extremely valuable historical artifact - with a couple of potentially dangerous powers for anyone who can figure out how to use them. Anyone - even a Nazi.....
I'm not sure if I'm a Millennial (b. 1981), but I sure as shit see how much Boomers rail against them, against their own children. It's kind of appalling. Policies being set by Boomers are actively hurting younger generations so of course we're going all "Dad, WTF are you doing!? I can't buy a house now!" To which "dad's" response is more or less of "tough shit, kid".
I meant to get here early. I have an ethical question and I feel the commenters here are a good judge of ethics. My sister's kid wants me to write a paper for a college history class. I told her it would be terrible because I didn't take the class and have no reference and I am not particularly well suited to the subject. But she is bugging me and I so I wrote it. As like an outline that she will have to update using examples from the class. But I feel bad giving it to her. But not that bad. It's a 2 page paper. Can I do it?
Isn’t Griffin Canning a big Supreme Court case about the Commerce Clause?
PS Tanner Rainey got the save last night, which gave the Nats a shot in the arm - incidentally, one more than Rainey’s gotten this year.
Tx for adding Pete Alonso’s remarks into the discussion—- his take is so spot on! So damn angry about how MLB/Manfred attempt to “spin” this discussion of sticky substance use into a problem of villainous pitchers.
Just a note that I think that the "do something big" ethic is by far more of a liberal/progressive philosophy than right wing. Those of us who went through adolescence during Vietnam and the Love Revolution of the 60's were inundated with big thoughts about making a difference ("What if they gave a war and nobody came?"). We reached adulthood during Watergate, idolizing 2 reporters who brought down a president (not that simple, but....). We learned that the Civil Rights movement began with a woman who refused to give up her seat on a bus, and peaked under the tutelage of a simple but extraordinarily visionary preacher (again, the mythology obscured millions of others vital to the cause). My parents instilled that in me.
Making a "huge impact" to my generation was always in the context of making the world better, fighting injustice (I became a lawyer because I thought I could be another Darrow), and finding ways to open minds and reach the stars. Meanwhile, my conservative friends tried to find good paying jobs because that was what their parents instilled in them. Their sense of "great ideas" weren't philosophical: they just wanted to excel, invent something, write a great book, become an exec--all to succeed, not to improve the world.
The environmental movement is a perfect example of how the "do something great" philosophy differs by political bent. At best, conservatives want to exploit the earth even if they seek greater efficiency and grudgingly concede the value of alternate energy, but it is the left that sees the current world as horribly in danger. "Saving the world" is literally the left's battle cry.
I read that Millennial Lifestyle Subsidy article too, and came to the exact same conclusion.
The facts aren't wrong, but you're casting shade on millennials for...being savvy consumers who take advantage of services delivered well-below market rate?
So entitled. Can't believe we spent so much time using a "private driver," a service that's significantly different from the "Taxis" that Boomers, Gen X and the older 80% of millennials used.
To me, THAT would be an article worth reading, and it was touched on in the article. With Lyft, AirB&B and the like getting less competitive, how are traditional industries reacting?
Here's a question: If more pitchers than ever are using sticky stuff, and using sticky stuff reduces the chance of batters being hit, are we seeing a reduced rate of HBP? Because we should be. I wish I had time today to look into it.
I'm not qualified to opine on the issue, but in a Mets broadcast this week Ron Darling said the whole "better grip prevents batters from getting hit" thing was just BS. Looking at the current HBP rates compared to 5 or 10 years ago seems like it would either prove or disprove the theory.
Isn't Gladwell a "Joe Paterno did nothing wrong" truther? I thought I remember reading that was in one of his books. Can't stand the guy.
I’ve lived a couple hours south of Chicago for nearly a half century, and I’ve been a fan of the Cubs for most of that time, and I can’t recall* a time when the neighborhood around the ballpark wasn’t referred to as “Wrigleyville.”
* Acknowledgement that recall itself is unreliable for someone who has lived anywhere for ~50 years.
I share many of your opinions about Gladwell. As a recovering mark for all things “The Ringer,” I shudder when I think about some of the podcast conversations I listened to between Gladwell and Simmons.
hmmmmm.... You're told that a "crackdown" on a certain behavior is coming.... And your response is to INCREASE that behavior.... Sounds ALOT like the 5th graders I've been hanging around with this year.....
Craig, settle an argument for me: didn’t Rowdy Tellez and Dane Dunning both appear in the same Western back in the late 60’s? If memory serves ( instead of just sitting there, snarking away)...
For the A's recap, please note that the Mark Canha "triple" was a long fly ball that Katel? Marte caught before hitting the wall, then he hit the wall with medium force, came away from the wall and pulled his glove toward his back (it was a weird move, but don't get to focused on that). at this pint the ball slipped out of his glove. Umpire on the field called it no catch. After review, it was no catch. Note that mark Canha had taken off his helmet around first and began to tip his cap.
I have listened to/watched most A's games this year, there have been a lot of replays that in my mind bizarrely go against the A's, so one going in their favor is a treat. This just looks like a catch to me.
https://www.mlb.com/gameday/d-backs-vs-athletics/2021/06/09/633784#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=633784
I apologize for the baseball game themed comment
There's no reason to "take sides" in any of this "sticky stuff" bullshit but I can't help but think, "Yeah, fuck that guy" when it comes to Gerrit Cole. Yankees fans were ready to fire everyone and trade what they could a few days ago but now they're playing the victim card because someone dared to call out their $300MM pitcher, who is obviously one of the biggest offenders when it comes to this shit. It's just annoying.
As I said, I'm not taking sides here. But I'm also not down for the "everyone is doing it so it's no big deal" stuff either. You see this with steroids. Baseball writers hate the league office and blame them for looking the other way so it's fine that a generation of players injected themselves with bovine growth hormones because Bud Selig is a dick.
Manfred sucks ass just like Selig did but it doesn't change the fact that these guys are cheating and the more I see people seemingly siding with the players the more annoyed I get. You can't go around screaming about baseball being broken only to turn a blind eye when someone points out that a big part of the problem is that about 80% of today's pitchers are doctoring the ball to the point where exploding 96 mph slides are the norm.
Michael Kay wasn't the only one who wanted to see Donaldson drilled yesterday and that's just weird. How is Gerrit Cole the victim here?
Baseball has such lame scandals. The 2005 MN Vikings had the "Love Boat" scandal. Basketball has had point-shaving.
We have stealing signs, rubbing some sticky stuff on the ball, and gambling. Exciting stuff!
One more thought on the "Indy Didn't Matter" thing: Indy *hasn't seen the end of the movie; he doesn't know that the Nazis are going to get melted*. He has to act as if the Nazis really do have a potential superweapon in their hands.
We, in our privileged view, know that the Nazis are EVIL and that Yahweh will smite them. Indy doesn't believe in the religious aspects of The Ark; all he knows is that it's an extremely valuable historical artifact - with a couple of potentially dangerous powers for anyone who can figure out how to use them. Anyone - even a Nazi.....
I'm not sure if I'm a Millennial (b. 1981), but I sure as shit see how much Boomers rail against them, against their own children. It's kind of appalling. Policies being set by Boomers are actively hurting younger generations so of course we're going all "Dad, WTF are you doing!? I can't buy a house now!" To which "dad's" response is more or less of "tough shit, kid".
I meant to get here early. I have an ethical question and I feel the commenters here are a good judge of ethics. My sister's kid wants me to write a paper for a college history class. I told her it would be terrible because I didn't take the class and have no reference and I am not particularly well suited to the subject. But she is bugging me and I so I wrote it. As like an outline that she will have to update using examples from the class. But I feel bad giving it to her. But not that bad. It's a 2 page paper. Can I do it?