No, Ke’Bryan Hayes eating sunflower seeds during a play that didn’t involve him isn’t the end of the world or the franchise. Was it dumb? Absolutely. Young men do dumb things on a pretty regular basis, I’ve found. But one would think that Hayes singlehandedly blew up the franchise by the whining seen on Pirates-related social media.
Yes, the Pirates are having a terrible season, there’s no two ways about it. But then there’s this: I was watching the game and didn’t notice it. It was only when the Mets blew it up on their social media that it came to light.