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World Series 2023 Megathread

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Hey. My dad was born in 1945, so I've probably only got two or three decades left to talk with him, and I'm trying to develop some shared interests.

He liked this mornings Ethan Strauss newsletter defending Nate Silver and wrote a funny, passionate response, so I want to try following this year's World Series with him.

Does anyone know of other good resources to help me prepare? Not, like, deep dive books, but maybe a good primer to just have a basic knowledge of baseball. My dad grew up in the 50s, so he was really into the sport with his friends—but I don't know what he'd have chosen if he'd grown up in a decade with more than one sport. In the 90s, he signed me up for soccer and didn't lose any interest at all when I switched to stage crew and mock trial. So I know he knows a fair amount about baseball and I just want to learn enough to bond a little—maybe one or two thin books, no big tomes.

Also, how many weeks do I have before the first game? I think it's pretty soon.

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If you want to bond, why not ask him to teach you about the game while you watch together?

Because that's what someone with much more well-adjusted family relationships and emotional communication skills than either of us would do.

My family was about...other things. Like reading at a 11th grade level before you turned 9, or not talking about your feelings, or winning state debate tournaments, or not talking about your feelings. Sometimes, for a break, we didn't talk about our feelings.

Y'all sound like a bunch of hyperlexic autists...