Swipe Wright
Dating in the Age of the Disposable Heart
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Joel D. Bradley
Author • International Baseball Scout • Innovator
Exploring the future of baseball, technology, leadership, and storytelling through books, ideas, and bold projects.
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Death By Data
How Analytics and Technology Are Killing Baseball
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Coming 2027Swipe Wright Too
Decoding the Disposable Heart
The swipe continues. This time, Gail is holding the phone. After nearly twenty years with one man, Gail begins a new life in Sacramento inside Governor Eve Apple's 3E administration—and discovers that the men behind dating profiles aren't always who they appear to be.
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International Players Signed
25+
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Baltimore Orioles International Scout
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International Baseball Registry
One trusted digital identity for every international baseball player from entry to professional baseball.
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About Joel D. Bradley
Joel D. Bradley has spent the last three decades at the intersection of sports, education, technology, and publishing.
His professional journey began in the financial markets, where he worked as a broker and researcher, with professional licenses spanning investments, commodities, insurance, mortgage lending, and real estate. But coaching young athletes changed the direction of his career. A growing conviction to work with young people—and to make a meaningful difference in their lives—eventually led him from the fast-paced world of finance into the classroom and onto football and baseball fields.
What began with teaching and coaching ultimately opened the door to professional baseball, where Joel worked in international scouting for the Baltimore Orioles, evaluating and signing talent from around the world.
Today, his work extends from writing books that challenge conventional thinking in baseball and modern culture to developing new ideas for the future of the international game. Across those seemingly different pursuits runs a common thread: a belief that progress should enhance the human experience, not diminish it.
How can we build things better without losing sight of our humanity?
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Swipe Wright Too
Decoding the Disposable Heart
Coming in 2027
The swipe continues. This time, Gail is holding the phone.
Frank and Gail are divorced and starting over on opposite ends of California. Frank returns to his roots in Orange County while Gail begins a new life in Sacramento working inside Governor Eve Apple's 3E administration.
After nearly twenty years with one man, Gail is introduced to modern online dating—where profiles, filters, curated identities, and multiple versions of the same person make finding someone real increasingly difficult.
Part satire, part social observation, Swipe Wright Too: Decoding the Disposable Heart explores identity, reinvention, politics, technology, and what happens when human connection becomes another exercise in personal branding.
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