Splash Considerations

Kerry Crowley (@KO_Crowley) of Bay Area News Group joins Justice to discuss concerns regarding the implementation of a 60-game season by commissioner Rob Manfred. Kerry and Justice discuss the obstacles to keeping players safe, what it would take for the season to shut down, how the everyday lives of ballplayers will be affected and more. 

In Episode 7 of Reflections From a Distance, Justice talks with Krystal Alvarez, Perla Cruz, Valerie Jaimes and Maya Ramírez. They discuss takeaways from the current Black Lives Matter movement, difficult conversations, the process of decolonization, evolution of ally ship and remaining active during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Krystal Alvarez is a recent graduate from the University of San Diego with a BA in Liberal Studies and a minor in Ethnic Studies. She currently lives in the East Bay Area, and is looking to work in community organizing and racial justice.

Perla Cruz is a recent graduate from the University of San Diego. She received her bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies and Spanish, and minored in Latin American Studies.

Valerie Jaimes is a rising senior at the University of San Diego and is double majoring in Ethnic Studies and Sociology. She is from Santa Barbara, CA and has worked with youth engagement programs centering marginalized communities. Along with the other podcast members, she is a part of the Association of Chicanx Activists at USD as a co-chair and has channeled her activism to uplifting Black voices during these ongoing times of anti-Black racism as a non-Black Chicana.

Maya Ramírez is a recent graduate of the University of San Diego, where she received her bachelor’s degree with a major in anthropology and a minor in ethnic studies. In her future endeavors, she would like to pursue graduate school to further study social issues and how to address social inequity.

In Episode 6 of Reflections From a Distance, Justice talks with Amir Wright about nationwide protests, education, activism, and life during COVID-19. Amir is a recent graduate of UC Berkeley, where he earned a BA in Political Science. In August, he will begin his studies at Stanford Law School. Amir is from Los Angeles, CA.

In Episode 5 of Reflections From a Distance, Justice talks with UC Berkeley Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies professor Harvey Dong. Read Dong's bio from UC Berkeley's AAADS website:

"Harvey Dong teaches Ethnic Studies courses as a lecturer at UC Berkeley, bringing his perspective as an alumnus twice over. Initially he took part in the 1969 Third World Liberation Front, a student movement to establish Ethnic Studies. Once Ethnic Studies was established, Dong taught some of the department’s first communities issues courses based on extensive fieldwork carried out in San Francisco Manilatown and Chinatown, while also active in struggles to save the International Hotel in Manilatown and to protect Asian immigrant labor rights.

In addition, Dong helped found the first Asian American bookstore in the United States (called Everybody’s Books); the Asian American Community Center; and Wei Min She, an Asian American anti-imperialist organization in San Francisco. Twenty-five years after the initial strike for Ethnic Studies, Dong returned as a PhD student in 1994. Since earning his PhD, Dong has lectured part time at UC Berkeley, and has continued to co-manage the bookstore he bought in 1996, Eastwind Books in Berkeley. In 2009, Dong helped to release the seminal book Stand Up: An Archive Collection of the Bay Area Asian American Movement, 1968-1974."

In the latest episode of Splash Considerations, Justice (@justdelossantos) and Rory (@RoryOToole4) discuss the latest drama between MLB and MLBPA. 

In Episode 4 of Reflections From a Distance, Justice catches up with Ibrahim Baldé and Nahom Solomon as they discuss their experiences and thoughts from the last couple weeks.

In the latest episode of Splash Considerations, Justice and Rory discuss Major League Baseball's latest economic proposal. The central component of the latest proposal is a 76-game season with players earning 75% of their full prorated salary. While the numbers are different, the latest proposal is more of the same.

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In Episode 3 of Reflections From a Distance, Justice is joined by De’Jon Sylvain. De’Jon identifies as both Black and LGBTQ+, recently graduated with his Associates in Journalism at Contra Costa College and will attend UC Santa Cruz this coming Fall to major in Film and Digital Studies and minor in Feministic Studies. De’Jon and Justice discuss the murder of Ahmaud Arbery (2:45), Blackout Tuesday (8:30), the balance of being informed and maintaining mental health (15:10), how the current protests feel different to the inception of Black Lives Matter (19:55), the intersectionality of being Black and LGBTQ+ (26:35), how the protests have unfolded (33:30) and educating friends and family (45:15).

In the second episode of the "Reflections From a Distance" series, Justice talks with senior baseball writer at The Athletic, Marc Carig (. Marc discusses the days leading up to the suspension of play (15:00), his initial reaction when Rudy Gobert tested positive for coronavirus (18:40), the concept of taking things for granted (22:00), transitioning to working from home (46:00) and creative projects he has worked on (59:50).

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On May 25, 2020, police officer Derek Chauvin placed his knee on the neck George Floyd for 8 minutes and 46 seconds. According to the criminal complaint, Chauvin kept his knee on Floyd's neck for 2 minutes and 53 seconds after Floyd was deemed non-responsive. Floyd is just one of countless unarmed Black men and women who have been the victims of police brutality. Today's episode is in honor of Floyd, as well as Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery.