As someone who loves baseball more than is remotely healthy — as someone whom you could shake in the middle of the night, ask “who did George Steinbrenner trade for Willie McGee in October 1981?” and have “Bob Sykes!” ringing in your ears before either of us knew I was awake — I always appreciate when normal human beings, people whose brains are filled with actual useful information like their children’s birthdays, take an interest in my favorite sport. Unfortunately, that usually happens during a negative baseball news cycle. Baseball is a game that many people form their closest relationship with when they are young, impressionable and most likely to believe in myths and fairy tales. As they grow older, those people can’t help but compare the modern sport to the romanticized version in t

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