This is about the day I saw Nolan Ryan for what he was. Thirty-five years later, I wrote a book about him.
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I have a lot of spare time! 😀

Coming May 19

Wow.

Jane Goodall offers sage advice for the rest of us. #3E

Happy Monday!

Art Spander, 86, is one of the last of his kind, a big name of another era.

Nearly blind and unable to type his own stories, why does he still cover sporting events at 86?

Because of Liz.

http://dlvr.it/TLX881

Rod Nordland, 75, Dies; War Reporter Who Also Wrote of His Own Struggle

Growing up, a lot of the romance I associated with journalism was tied to war reporting, of the Vietnam era but also the Balkans - dashing, flawed, passionate characters like this.

“What was the point of being a journalist if you didn’t make hidden injustices visible?”

Real Men Steal Countries: Inside Trump’s Absurd Greenland Obsession An underdressed reporter journeys across icy, barren Greenland—and into Trump’s bored, nineteenth-century brain.

This is excellent. newrepublic.com/article/1947...

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.

Ready Fire Aim is a lousy way to govern.

It do suck

Closure of northern Minnesota camp is ‘the greatest story.’ Here’s why. Willow River, Minn., camp One Heartland is for sale after serving kids there for nearly three decades.

After nearly three decades, a Minnesota summer camp for kids with HIV/AIDS is closing and up for sale... because retroviral drugs are so effective that there aren't enough campers.

Science works, y'all.

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Horse. Read Horse.

Juan Soto Got Super-Duper-Mega Paid | Defector There were a number of factors that went some way toward explaining the record-setting $700 million contract that Shohei Ohtani signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers last winter. There’s the inescapably...

I stayed up late and wrote about the Juan Soto bit. My analysis amounts more or less to "wow, neat" but I padded the job a bit. defector.com/juan-soto-go...

My Life As a Homeless Man in America An extraordinary firsthand account.

Still gutted after reading this yesterday about former Globe writer Patrick Fealey… maybe one of the most important pieces ive read in a while www.esquire.com/news-politic...

Like clockwork

The Tao of the Backup Catcher is as gracefully written as I would expect from @bytimbrown.bsky.social with deep respect and empathy for all of who toil away at one of most overlooked positions in the game. Erik Kratz riding shotgun here is sometimes touching, sometimes funny & always fun.

I know it just world premiered at DOC NYC but I sure hope they push SOUTHPAW: THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF JIM ABBOTT for an Oscar because it is that good

Fantastic book...

How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance

NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.

I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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Mike Tyson asked about his legacy

Wren? Anytime?

So, yeah, something different would be good.