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Jackie Peanuts
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gamer and writer. sometimes both at the same time
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Also revisited the 1919 Black Sox scandal, which I learned caused no discernible harm to MLB’s business, just its image in the eyes of press. The first commissioner punished the Black Sox while enforcing a far worse violation of competitive integrity. frontofficesports.com/gambling-isn...
Landis was so committed to preserving this status quo and all its implications, he instructed park owners not to rent their stadiums for off-season exhibitions of MLB stars against the Negro Leagues. The commissioner suspended Babe Ruth for the first six weeks of the 1922 season (and crushed attendance at Yankees games in his absence) for the mortal sin of barnstorming with the best Black players. Put another way, under Landis, MLB obscured the joys of a structure where teams could, without restriction, recruit the very best players to their team. The league punished anyone who had dreamed of a future of true competitive integrity, even its biggest star, to preserve what historian Larry Lester precisely described as "apartheid baseball."
November 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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this was the piece I can't recommend Horton or Portis's writing enough

slate.com/culture/2020...
The American Anthropology of Charles Portis
Arkansas is a state of mind and Portis was peerless at capturing it.
slate.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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3 months. I can count. feels like 6
November 9, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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I can't allow myself to think about what if Turang just fucking stood there
November 3, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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that's right.
November 3, 2025 at 11:54 PM