Sometimes I forget that baseball is a profession. A “profession” sounds buttoned-up, serious, like something that happens indoors. Baseball, on the other hand, is fun. Today was fun! It’s a game, and there’s Gatorade-pouring and dancing and swearing. I admit it is also easier to forget that baseball is a profession when your team is playing like the Mariners did last week, or worse, like the Rockies did today: dead bats, bad fielding, pitcher meltdowns, angry faces, coaches getting ejected, etc.
I’d like to suggest that the Mariners played a professional baseball game today.