Pitchers and catchers have reported and another baseball season is approaching. I will root for the Yankees and the Mets as I have always done. (Yes, I am that rare bird who can root for both New York teams.) Perhaps you will root for the Phillies, or the Nats or some other team. And when they win, you will cheer. And when they lose, you will … accuse the other team of cheating. That’s where we are in today’s society, and it is a shame.
The latest sign-stealing scandal that brought down managers in Houston, Boston and New York, and blemished the Astros’…
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