“Among the many relevant facts for any African-American negotiating their relationship with the police the following stands out: The police departments of America are endowed by the state with dominion over your body. This summer in Ferguson and Staten Island we have seen that dominion employed to the maximum ends—destruction of the body. This is neither new nor extraordinary.”

“The claim that the shift is responsible for decreased baseball offense is wrong, and changes to the game designed to limit the shift would make no difference, to say nothing of their unintended consequences.  So please, stop blaming the shift.”

With strangers, yes. With close friends and relatives, no.

“…when Beane writes that technological advances will “dramatically change the competition and demographics of front offices which have historically drawn on former players,” he’s not thinking about real diversity in the form of people long underrepresented in baseball like, say, women. He’s thinking about the next generation of Jeff Luhnows. He can’t see beyond his own environment.”