#TWiC: Week of 6.6-6.10

#TWiC focuses on the content of the week across multiple platforms

Hello again! Welcome back to our weekly feature called #TWiC — This Week in Content.

Basically, we’ll use this space to share things not only created during the work week, but enjoyed as well. If you wish to submit something to the list — something you’ve created or simply enjoyed — please email brandon.r.warne-at-gmail-dot-com or find me on Twitter @Brandon_Warne or @AccessTwins.

Make sure to check back during the week as the list evolves!

Let’s talk to it:

Song of the Week (may or may not contain swears):

• Prince — Delirious

This Week’s Read List (some may be subscriber-only):

• Where You See Sports, He Sees Art: Meet the man behind the star social media account of the NBA playoffs “Art But Make it Sports” — Dan Falkheim, Sports Illustrated

• Making sense of MLB’s position-players-closing-games trend, manager mayhem and more: Stark’s Weird and Wild — Jayson Stark, The Athletic

• Umpire Angel Hernandez alleges MLB manipulated reviews to make minorities look bad — Daniel Kaplan, The Athletic

• Sarris: MLB pitching models should incorporate recency, giving us an intriguing ranks update — Eno Sarris, The Athletic

• White Sox’s Tony La Russa can defend his decisions, but it’s harder to defend the results — James Fegan, The Athletic

• Power Rankings: Which red-hot teams soared up this week’s list? — ESPN.com

• The secret that turned Nestor Cortes from an unknown to potential All-Star Game starter — Joon Lee, ESPN.com

• My Wife and I Watched An Old Game — Russell Carleton, Baseball Prospectus

This Week’s Listen List:

• Small Town murder podcast: Ice Picks & Impersonations — Roswell, N.M.

• Crime in Sports podcast: Defying Logic, But Not Graviy — The Indefensibleness of Zach Randolph

• 83 Weeks podcast: Episode 220 — Lex Luger 95-97

• 83 Weeks podcast: Episode 221 — NITRO 06.09.97 Watch Along

This Week’s Watch List:

• Unsolved Mysteries (Season 2) — Amazon Prime*

• WCW Nitro (September 1997) — Peacock*

• WWE Raw (May 1993) — Peacock*

• Trial By Media — Netflix

• Keep Sweet, Pray and Obey — Netflix

• 30 Rock (Season 5) — Netflix

Tweet(s) to Chew On:

Brandon Warne @Brandon_Warne

baseball is a game of failure. if you predict something negative you'll be right more often than not.

Kurt Findorff @jpinesavag

@Brandon_Warne everyone is selling doom & gloom it's easier than thoughtful in-depth analysis

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*these are on my watch list in perpetuity

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