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This is Defector, a new sports blog and media company. We made this place together, we own it together, we run it together. Without access, without favor, without discretion, and without interference.

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Defector

You DID Hear It From Us: There's Normal Gossip Merch

NEW NORMAL GOSSIP MERCH!

Merch v3

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David Roth

The Los Angeles Marathon making its way down Hollywood Boulevard in 2021.

LA Marathon Returns After Pandemic Delay

Podcasts

Marathon To The Mall And Other Public/Private Partnerships, With Adam Conover

Reds reliever Art Warren pitches at home against the Cardinals.

St. Louis Cardinals v Cincinnati Reds

Where Is The Window For The Cincinnati Reds?

Cincinnati Reds team president Phil Castellini, seen here preparing to make an ass of himself on TV.

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Reds President And CFO Asks Fans To Consider Whether Maybe This Is Actually All Their Fault

Colorado Governor Jared Polis, dressed like a child, sits with Rockies owner Dick Monfort at a home game in June 2021.

San Diego Padres v Colorado Rockies

The Rockies Are Doing Less Than The Least

<p>Marc Normandin currently writes on baseball’s labor issues and more at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.marcnormandin.com/">marcnormandin.com</a>, which you can read for free but&nbsp;<a href="https://www.patreon.com/marcnormandin">support through his Patreon</a>. His baseball writing has appeared at SB Nation, Deadspin, Sports Illustrated, ESPN, Sports on Earth, The Guardian, The Nation, and TalkPoverty.</p>


Marc Normandin

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred leaving the MLB owners meetings with that look on his face.

MLB Owners Meetings

MLB’s Owners Want To Make Their Favorite Loopholes Into Law

Rob Manfred, seen here perhaps inevitably wearing a vest and talking on the phone.

Allen And Company Annual Meeting Brings Business Executives, Media Moguls, And Politicians To Sun Valley, Idaho

MLB Owners Would Rather Play PR Games Than Negotiate

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Kelsey McKinney

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Zillowing Out

A $35 Million Mansion Fit For  A Mad King

Investor Michael Milken at his own institute's annual event in 2017, back when he was still a convicted financial criminal.

Milken Institute Global Conference 2017

Capital

Here Are The Seven Best Sentences From The Financial Times’ Story About Michael Milken’s High-Finance Jamboree

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Lauren Theisen

“The Rock”

Overexplained Lists

Let’s Remember Some Sports Leagues That Defector Has Outlived

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A $4 Million Home Some Rich People Ruined With Their Bad Taste

Rockies shortstop Trevor Story discards his bat after striking out.

The Rockies Are The Old, Weird Kind Of Bad

Charles and Ann Johnson at a charity benefit that's not for like Laura Loomer.

Politics

San Francisco Giants Owner Can’t Stop Donating Money To America’s Worst Politicians

Rich People Things