Monday Medley

What we read after Carlos Beltran’s “foul ball”…

• A Met finally threw a no-hitter! Mike Vaccaro of the NY Post pulled the old columnist’s trick of driving to the ballpark after the fifth inning (worth it) while Brian Costa told the story inning by inning. Faith and Fear in Flushing puts Santana’s no-hitter in perspective. Joe Posnanski offers his views on the matter.

• Last week’s New York Times story on President Obama’s “Kill List” caused quite the controversy, particularly its revelation that the Obama Administration considers all military-aged males combatants. Harper’s also has the accounts of the inevitable unintended victims of this administration’s drone policies. Of course, liberals get very upset when you say negative things about Obama sending killer robots to other countries.

• The best part about watching the Stanley Cup Finals (GO DEVILS!) is listening to Mike Emrick, sports’ master of verbs.

• Chris Hayes, who was one of those attacked for criticizing Obama’s drone wars, got in trouble from the other side of the spectrum for daring to question whether all soldiers are heroes. And on Memorial Day!

• Jeff Pearlman chats with Shawn Green about what retirement from baseball is like. Can you guys believe Shawn Green once hit 49 homers for the Dodgers?

• This Week in Oral Histories: Maxim uses the tenth anniversary of the premiere of The Wire to look back at the greatest series in television history.

• In other TV news, Christina Hendricks discusses Joan’s controversial decision from last Sunday’s Mad Men.

• 100 years of Woody Guthrie.

• The sad state of Conan. 

• Andy Samberg is officially leaving SNL. Is Taran Killam the next big thing?

• Some of history’s most powerful photographs.

Monday Medley

What we read while believers got their comeuppance…

• With the end of television season, New York Magazine published a “showrunners” issue, including interviews with Dan Harmon of Community, Louis C.K. of Louie, and Amy Poehler of Parks and Recreation. Another Parks & Rec star talks about his most famous television role. Meanwhile, the show’s co-creator, Michael Schur, talked to Alan Sepinwall about the show.

• This 1993 profile of Lenny Dykstra was a watershed piece of sports writing that now seems eerily prescient.

• Hendrik Hertzberg makes an insightful point about Obama’s tiff with Netanyahu. Also in the New Yorker, some musings on the ominous possibilities of the Bradley Manning case.

• A profile of Facebook’s less-famous COO.

• Legal writing superstar Bryan Garner has released interviews he had with eight Supreme Court justices on legal writing. District Court Judge Weinstein, on the other hand, should not be offering writing tips after his 400-page sentencing opinion.

• A famous fellow Duke alum talks about being a Cameron Crazie.

• Black & white pictures of New York City never get old. Nor do the vocals of Beatles’ songs: here’s Paul McCartney’s isolated vocal of Helter Skelter.