WSJ article about MLB’s scramble to update its revenue model before it’s too late.
Chief among the changes, consolidating broadcast rights into an option that eliminates blackouts (something that’s akin to punishing your most ardent fans).
Looks like 2028 may be the earliest that’d be possible, based on when certain rights contracts expire. And there’s also the need to get the bigger clubs on board.
Politics aside, this chestnut shared in Peggy Noonan’a WSJ column this week prompted a literal LOL moment. 😂
Well, the O’s are off and running with their first spring training game today. Not exactly one for the record books, but hey, at least we’re moving again. 🙂⚾️
From today’s Baltimore Sun, Bernard Coleman shares the SLIP method for helping changing your, or other’s, thinking.
“Festina Lente” // “Make Haste Slowly”
An old Latin phrase I heard on a podcast at some point last year* - it keeps coming back to me.
Part is that, it’s good to remember that the end is not as far off as it may seem. Part is that, good things take time, they happen bit by bit, there’s a cumulative effect. Some things that count cannot be done in a ‘sitting’, or even a decade. If you do not string together, you’ll not have accomplished anything of length.
And so there’s an immediacy, a pressure to do something now. While there’s also a patience and a plodding, one step, then the next. But most of all, there’s a need to be moving in the same direction, lest, after countless steps, one has not yet left the room.
(*”OptimalWork” podcast)
Apparently ChatGPT added a “Projects” feature, a way to house and interact with related data and even define constraints for that Project.
Continuing to explore this brave new world.
Baltimore Sun 48-year columnist submitted his final column yesterday, Sunday, January 12.
I’ve always appreciated his take on things, even if I didn’t always arrive at the same conclusions. You can tell he loves his town, tells the story of the everyman, and was always looking for ways to help encourage the positive.
Although I’ve only been a follower for the last 6-7 years, thank you for your unique personality and perspective that you brought into the paper each day - You’ll be missed.
(The Editor-in-Chief’s salute.)
There’s just something about a winterscape - it’s stark and bleak, but somehow also pregnant with a life of its own.
Bob’s Red Mill Oatmeal
The best oatmeal you ever will have - Gentle on the stomach, smooth taste, pairs well with a cold morning (and honey stirred in). 🍯👍🏼
It seems we’re at that special time of year: the baseball solstice ⚾️☀️ —> Half-way between the last pitch of the Fall Classic and the first pitch of Spring Training.*
(*Note: I have not verified the math, but seems about right.) ;)
