kickass media 2017

Michael Baumann on why liking the "plucky" Yankees is "an existential threat" to baseball and America. (30:45-37:00) (NSFW)

https://www.theringer.com/2017/10/19/16504990/the-yankees-comeback-the-dodgers-dominance-and-problems-with-playoff-managing

Daniel Marks' All-Coulda-Been Team:

C – Jason Kendall
1B – Hal Trosky
2B – Carlos Baerga
3B – Eric Chavez (but probably just keeping the spot warm for David Wright)
SS – Nomar Garciaparra
LF – Charlie Keller
CF – Pete Reiser
RF – Darryl Strawberry
P – Dwight Gooden

http://www.billjamesonline.com/rising_stars_falling_stars/

ESPN's Sam Miller writes about one of the more serious moral issues facing the game today:

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/21587602/to-fist-bump-not-fist-bump-do-players-deserve-reward-intentional-walk

ICYMI, great interview with '50s Pirates infielder-pitcher Johnny O'Brien (age 87, remembers everything)

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/effectively-wild-episode-1153-johnny-on-the-spot/

https://www.fangraphs.com/tht/tht-annual-2018

wow

fields are shrinkin'

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/ballpark-playing-surfaces-are-shrinking-in-a-surprising-way/

dr k

red = curve
blue = fastball
white = perfect alignment (410 in outfield for reference)

look at those release points, incredible pic.twitter.com/1q1opI2pN6

— cardinalsgifs (@cardinalsgifs) February 6, 2018

Love that kind of stuff. that Rivera NYMAG video where it had 1000 pitches all synced up was amazing

http://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/la-sp-dodgers-zaidi-fantasy-football-20180223-story.html

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/did-lenny-dykstra-extort-umpires/

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/juiced-baseballs/

I saw that Dykstra story and didn't know where to put it. I was sure there was a "player police blotter" but I couldn't find it.