"While scientists and politicians are deeply concerned about climate change, Russia sees this looming crisis as an opportunity to make more money, grow more food, shorten trade routes, extract more fossil fuels, and control Arctic sea lanes."
Tag: Baseball
The Daily DeX 09/26/2019: Youth Sports Has Become A Rich Kid’s Game
"Elite capture of youth sports didn’t occur in a vacuum. It's just one of countless effects of a 40-year retreat from broad-based social and economic conditions and policies that kept extreme income and wealth inequalities in check."
Project LinX: Machado And Harper Buck A Baseball Trend
Last year's free agent market was sluggish, albeit less so than this year. The problem this year is that a kind of "soft collusion" among front offices doesn't stand a chance against market forces that will produce the two biggest contracts in the history of major league baseball.
Billy Wagner Belongs In Baseball’s Hall Of Fame (And So Does Mike Mussina)
"The 90s were a crucible for pitchers. Newer ballparks were smaller and had stingier foul territories. The strike zone was the size of a license plate. Two rounds of expansion drafts diluted talent. More power hitting followed, as well as more 300 strikeout seasons by elite pitchers. The “Colorado Effect” made a superstar of Larry Walker but was harsh on pitchers who had to survive at high altitude. Baseballs were allegedly juiced. And so were the hitters—allegedly."
Project LinX 06/27/2018: Swingout Sister
Big league baseball is right at a moment where an elite pitcher's ability to add speed to a baseball is sublimely balanced by an elite batter's ability to pick up that ball’s spin and speed. That’s good for the game.
The Needs Of The Manny Outweigh The Needs Of Baltimore
Long-term, a dearth of homegrown talent in the future puts more pressure on a good return from a Machado trade now. Hopefully the team has a greater capacity for spotting top line talent developed by other teams than developing its own.
