Love the baseball respite and the Kagan link. As usual, I disagree with most of his premises while admiring his writing.

As it turned out, they didn't have a real beef: today's baseball combines Kagan's hero ball with Will's Moneyball. So, I guess that's better than the '50's? At least they agree that the arrival of Willie Mays and his cohort from the Negro league ranks made a qualitative difference.