MLB Incorporates Negro League Statistics Into Database
Josh Gibson became Major League Baseball’s career leader with a .372 batting average, surpassing Ty Cobb’s .367, when Negro Leagues records for more than 2,300 players were incorporated Tuesday after a three-year research project. John Thorn, MLB’s official historian, chaired a 17-person committee that included Negro Leagues experts and statisticians. An updated version of MLB’s database will become public before the St. Louis Cardinals and San Francisco Giants play a tribute game to the Negro Leagues on June 20 at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama. Joining us to discuss this overdue addition to the MLB is Clinton Yates, host of ESPN Daily and columnist at Andscape, whose recent piece on this is titled “Negro Leagues stats update by MLB a sobering reminder of challenge to maintain Black history”
With files from the Associated Press.
A Deadly Threat To General Sherman And California's Other Beloved Giant Sequoias
Last week, General Sherman, California's most famous giant sequoia, got a checkup. Climbers from the Ancient Forest Society scaled the tree looking for signs of a sequoia bark beetle infestation — entrance holes where adults had burrowed into the branches and laid their eggs; exit holes, where larvae chewed their way out; globules of pitch, indicating the tree was putting up a fight, trying to push the beetles out. And, simply, whether Sherman's canopy looked healthy. The beetles can kill a tree within a year, starting at the top and working their way down over several generations. For now, the world's largest tree (by volume), is safe. But an increasing number of deadly Sequoia bark beetle infestations have left scientists rushing to figure out why this is happening, the extent of the damage and potential treatments to prevent the deaths of some of California's most beloved trees. Joining us to discuss is Jacob Margolis, science reporter for LAist, and Christy Brigham, chief of resources management and science at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks.
With files from LAist; read Jacob’s reporting here.
Entertainment Industry Check-In: Summer Box Office Slumps, California To End Loan-Outs & More
Movie theaters are looking more and more like a wasteland this summer. Neither “ Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga ” nor “ The Garfield Movie ” could save Memorial Day weekend, which is cruising towards a two-decade low. This weekend follows an underwhelming start to summer releases this month, with “The Fall Guy” making $28 million in its first week despite plenty of promotion backing it. This also comes at a time in the industry where everyone’s finances seem to be in flux; over the weekend, Hollywood was presented with a likely end to its loan-out method of paying workers following the California Employment Development Department notifying many trade unions in the industry being notified of the policy change. With the industry’s finances seemingly more up in the air, we’re joined this morning by Deadline business editor Dade Hayes to give us the latest.
The Challenges Of Aging With Down Syndrome
It used to be that children born with Down Syndrome were not treated for birth defects. In recent decades, that has changed, resulting in more adults living with Down Syndrome today than ever before. But aging leaves many with Down Syndrome particularly vulnerable to certain medical conditions—adults with Down Syndrome are susceptible to developing Alzheimer’s in middle age (per the National Down Syndrome Society: “estimates show that Alzheimer’s disease affects about 30% of people with Down syndrome in their 50s. By their 60s, this number comes closer to 50%.”) The medical establishment is used to treating young people with Down Syndrome, so many patients who’ve aged out of going to a pediatrician struggle to find the specialized care they need. And, as those with the condition age, so do their caregivers, presenting challenges not just for the patients, but for those who look after them. Joining us to discuss are Moya C. Peterson, advanced practice nurse who established the Adults with Down Syndrome Specialty Clinic at the University of Kansas Health System and Donna Benton, associate research professor of gerontology at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology.
The National Down Syndrome Society offers these free books: Aging and Down Syndrome and End of Life and Down Syndrome.
A Veteran Psychiatrist's Case For Centering Mental Health In General Practice Care
Dr. Damon Tweedy didn't always want to be a psychiatrist. In fact, he ranked his psychiatry rotation as one of his least favorites as a med student, and at the time was training to become a cardiologist. In his new book Facing the Unseen: The Struggle to Center Mental Health in Medicine, Dr. Tweedy traces his journey from a med student focused on specializing in cardiology to a practicing psychiatrist who also works with veterans, the conversations, patients and lessons that led him there and more broadly hones in on how our healthcare system, which has long separated physical and mental health into separate categories, can do to better address mental health in patients by weaving mental health care into general practice. Today on AirTalk, Dr. Tweedy joins Larry Mantle to talk about his book.
