The purchase of The Athletic, the idiocy of Nate Silver, the life of an interesting spy, the arrest of a perplexing thief, and the death of an important director.
Allegedly "toxic" labor talks, Schrödinger’s retirement, soccer moguls, Dog Fister, the deaths of the British and American Empires, and “Whoomp There it Is."
Baseball cards, Bo Schembechler and Ernie Harwell, Drake LaRoche, J.D. Vance, generational reverberations of horrible crimes, and the world's largest hairball
Rob Manfred's thin skin has led to Ken Rosenthal's departure from MLB Network
Happy New Year. Eat at Arby's.
The last newsletter of 2021 talks PEDs, Sócrates Brito and Vin Scully, the new Matrix movie, picking where to move, Mom's Spaghetti, and there's just one more thing
You thought I forgot?
Madden, Ohtani, a baseball quiz, Fred Lynn, Ohio dysfunction, the key to a happy marriage, the leading men of the Golden Age of Hollywood and . . . John Denver?
The gambling ad bubble is gonna smack sports media one day, the Blue Jays are gonna renovate Rogers Centre, and Joan Didion did not golf. Which is important, apparently.
Today I talk about how the 24/7 news cycle is, for the most part, bullshit.
Merry Christmas Eve
Carlos Correa, KBO signings, a gambling addiction spike, good pandemic news for once, Buicks, Zillow surfing, Sugar Pops, and "Mad Men"
