Real ones know.

What a magnum opus! Just reading the chapter titles (and authors) was exciting and felt like I was strolling through my own lived history: GamesNetwork?! Video or Digital? Ludology v. Narratology? Disciplinarity? Can’t wait to dive in.

Baseball people love to use numeracy as a kind of ethical veil, as if the most important thing the sport can aspire to is a comparative objectivity flying in the face of any real scientific method. We can compare Ruth and Bonds on numbers, but that is not science that somehow got ruined by steroids.

Also, the pitchers were juiced. So, yeah.

If anyone says “but steroids” you demonstrate a retrograde attitude toward sports that is, frankly, ahistorical for the sake of conservatism and pearl clutching. Everyone is always looking for an edge, and there is no magic elixir that can make someone an exceptional athlete.

Whaaaaaaaaaa?!?

Wild. I just got served an ad on socials for it. Any good?

Well, he’s likely to opt-out after this year, so it’s really only a one year deal. I’d like to see him stay but to do that will cost $ which they now have. I’ll miss Dever’s bat, too, but I don’t know that he’s the difference in the team now. Sox are 5th in Runs Scored, 18th in ERA.

Watch out. I'm gonna start bringing my laptop and working from the Map Center and then YOU'LL NEVER GET RID OF ME!

Also, there is so many freely available resources and tables that you can use as a foundation for building maps. It's amazing. I feel like I've unlocked something incredible as a researcher and data visualizer.

Man. That is a terrific photograph. Truly. I stared at it for minutes just combing over every interesting detail.

Beautiful.

No pressure Juan Soto, you’re only playing for the soul of the American republic.