I had a couple longer posts in various states of readiness that I hoped to select from to post today. But, man, these early mornings getting up to take L to basketball wipe me out. More about that in another post. Instead of posting something longer, I\u2019ll just share some links for now.<\/p>\n
A great story about a group in Oakland that is making sure that professional baseball survives there after the A\u2019s leave.<\/p>\n
Growing up as an Oakland sports fan, I thought of the A\u2019s more as a kind of church or nation-state than as a product. My relation to them was tribal far more than transactional. Then I was forsaken. And I was tired of feeling like there wasn\u2019t anything I could do about it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
How to Start a Professional Sports Team, Win Games, and Save the Town<\/a><\/p>\n
\nI love writing like this. A deep, investigative piece that is told with terrific humor.<\/p>\n
A conservative estimate holds that there are 240 billion pennies lying around the United States \u2014 about 724 ($7.24) for every man, woman and child there residing, and enough to hand two pennies to every bewildered human born since the dawn of man\u2026As far as anyone knows, the American cent is the most produced coin in the history of civilization, its portrait of Lincoln the most reproduced piece of art on Earth.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
America Must Free Itself from the Tyranny of the Penny<\/a><\/p>\n
\nHey, it\u2019s another big, pop culture list to argue about! I can say with confidence that I\u2019ve seen just 34 of these, although I would imagine there are a few others from older shows that I saw at some point but don\u2019t remember. Unlike a movie list this is harder to go back and fill in the holes since you really need to context of everything that came before the selected episodes to appreciate them. \u201cTheo\u2019s Holiday\u201d should be waaaaay higher.<\/p>\n