The Babe had it all

Sports Column

I think baseball is still America’s greatest sport. For a lot of reasons. One of which, it still has a lot of class. Whereas, most players in the NFL these days look like rejects from the World Wrestling Federation, baseball players (except when the dugouts empty for a full-blown fist fight) still show a lot of class.

Watching the NFL, I keep waiting for one of the players to climb the goal posts, like the wrestlers do in the wrestling ring when they climb the ropes, and do a full-body slam on the running back as he’s about to cross into the end zone. Then the cheerleader can grab a folding chair and smack the QB over the head as he’s trying to run in for the extra two points.

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