"Today, however, ash has all but died out of baseball as the trees face beetle-driven extinction. This postseason, which stretches from early October to early November and began with 12 teams and more than 300 players, may be the first in generations that does not register a single plate appearance with an ash bat."
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/20/sports/baseball/ash-bats-baseball.html
@estherschindler This is so depressing.
@sjvn @estherschindler
The woods are full of the dead, standing trees here. 😞
Had a couple dozen on the side of the house taken down just to make the house safe. But it's the big ones that were in front of the house that really hurts. The left most one was the biggest ash the tree guy ever took down. Kiddo and I counted over 130 rings.
@Kurtroedeger @estherschindler As I told Esther earlier I didn't even know about this. Depressing.