MLBSan Diego and the New York Mets have splashed the cash. But the Houston Astros and Atlanta Braves are superbly run clubs
The new rule changes are …A mixed bag. I’m already on record as being for the pitch clock. As someone who loved watching how hitters approached the shift, however, it feels like a strategic element has been removed for no good reason. HF
I dig them. Faster games! New strategies! Read More...
JazzObituaryRonny Jordan obituaryJazz guitarist who had a cult dancefloor success and was one of the key figures of the 1990s acid-jazz movementThe jazz guitarist Ronny Jordan, who has died aged 51, was a gifted self-taught performer of warmth, humility and spirituality, who became famous for crossing a thoroughly worldly hurdle – vaulted by Dave Brubeck and very few others – when he turned a jazz instrumental into a pop hit. Read More...
Barbara Kingsolver at home in Virginia. Photograph: Jessica Tezak/The GuardianBarbara Kingsolver at home in Virginia. Photograph: Jessica Tezak/The GuardianBarbara KingsolverInterviewBarbara Kingsolver: ‘It feels as though we’re living through the end of the world'Lidija HaasThe author of The Poisonwood Bible is back with an ambitious novel charting the US in breakdown. She talks about the environment, victim-blaming – and being a hillbilly
Visiting Barbara Kingsolver on her farm in Appalachia feels like entering some form of enchanted bower. Read More...
