Five topics from columnist Ben Frederickson that St. Louis sports fans should be discussing . . .
There is one very important line in the operations manual for Major League Baseball’s 2020 season that stresses why players and teams that find themselves in a bench-clearing brawl are going to severely hurt themselves, and not just because their actions could increase the risk of catching or spreading coronavirus.
The end of the no-fighting rule reads: “Violations of these rules will result in severe discipline consistent with past precedent, which discipline shall not be reduced or prorated based on the length of the season.