The world according to Jim:

• The quote is posted on the bulletin board above my workspace: “This ain’t a football game, kid. We do this every day.”

It was a classic baseball one-liner, uttered by the late Earl Weaver one night a few decades ago as game time approached and his chat with Washington Post baseball writer Thomas Boswell in the Baltimore Orioles dugout ran up against the start of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

It was and is a great quote. And maybe someone should run it by current MLB commissioner Rob Manfred, to remind him of one of the true charms of the game he tries to administer. …

• It is the beauty of the game, and to me such a big part of its appeal: They do this every day. Regular-season baseball is a six-month drama, a mosaic that gets filled in a little more as e

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