Noah S. McKinnon8h ago

If I'd had my 'druthers, I would've finished this before the WBC final.

As it turns out, it was worth waiting to see how much, once Venezuela won, it suddenly became OK to say what I've always said about Team USA.

On cop-coded ballplayers of now and yesteryear:
https://buttondown.com/nsmckinnon/archive/cleats-stamping-on-a-human-face-forever/

Cleats Stamping on a Human Face—Forever

In light of recent events, you may understandably think the United States has "ruined" its sporting culture. Sadly, that would require the United States to have had one in the first place.

Forsan et Haec
Show threadNIST Standard Reference Boy7h ago
@nsmckinnon Yeah, I really enjoyed Defector's work on this, and I've enjoyed reading yours too! Thank you.
Show threadNoah S. McKinnon6h ago

@bright_helpings 💜 thank you!

As much as I like reading Defector—and I do, they’re my usual lunch read at work—I find that their style lends itself to bandwagoning on whatever opinion becomes popular among online sports progs. Obviously I’ll take that over the alternative, but sometimes it’s hard not to wonder what took them so long.

Show threadNIST Standard Reference Boy
@nsmckinnon Since I refuse to have anything to do with bluesky and only like the least cool sport played professionally in the americas, I am sufficiently cut off from sports culture these days that this probably doesn't bother me as much as it should :)
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Show threadNoah S. McKinnon6h ago
@bright_helpings Look, just read my stuff and we’ll call it even. Sound good? ☺️