One of the most disheartening things about our time (and probably all times, though it’s easier to see now and highlighted lately) is how profoundly apathetic those with the power to change things or be stewards of treasured institutions or the health of our society seem to be To the people who treasure them, especially relative to their own self-interest. It’s played out on so many more devastatingly massive scales in recent years and days that it seems silly to even bring up baseball in this context. But in a world

Players are currently considering walking away from the table, per a person familiar with their plans. Made what they felt was a substantive offer and owners rejected it. Players furious. Players offered to come down from 75 percent of players with two years of service qualifying for arbitration to 35 percent. Currently, 22 percent of players get it.

Knew I should take some time (and more than a few deep breaths) before trying to offer any thoughts on the Porter/Callaway situation, but it hit me that it’s fitting that a story like that broke on the day I jumped back into baseball because I haven’t known a day In a baseball clubhouse without a story like this. My first day in an MLB clubhouse as a 20-year-old intern, a quad-A outfielder who will remain nameless had a coach pass me a piece of paper with his number on it.

A little update: Covering the 2020 presidential campaign was an incredible, unforgettable, humbling adventure and the honor of a lifetime. I couldn't be more grateful for that or for this: starting today, I'll be the national baseball writer at the Washington Post. During two years spent chasing presidential candidates everywhere from snowy Iowa roads to crowded Vegas ballrooms, those roads always seemed to lead me back to baseball -- whether it was arriving early to a Pete Buttigieg event last year so (cont.)

Today, Kamala Harris's campaign is rolling out some immigration policy. Like many of the policies she's announced so far, this one relies on executive action -- in large part so as not to have to rely on Congress to take action it hasn't been able to take. (cont.) Harris says she will reinstate DACA. She also wants to expand it -- raise age at time of entry to under 17, increasing two-year term of protection to three years, and more.

Harris with a more forceful speech tonight at the NAACP dinner in Detroit, building on the national moment she had with Barr, going more directly at POTUS and racial divides than we’ve seen from her so far (thread): “Nearly 30 million Americans are uninsured, and that number will rise because of Donald Trump and his war to destroy Obamacare.”