Frank Lautenberg, D-New Jersey, asked baseball commissioner Bud Selig to ban the use of tobacco products on the field, in the dugout and in the locker rooms at MLB venues
Among our own friends and acquaintances, however, we found men who typified what has been referred to as 'masculine confidence.' A common feature among these figures was the presence of a small, weathered tattoo on their hand, used to reinforce their masculinity
It didnt help that as Ortiz walked off the mound, Baker handed him the ball as a souvenir - a moment of kindness later spun into a supposed act of disrespect that was fuel to Anaheims fire, though as NBC Sports pointed out in 2020, no one seemed to think so at the time
If you have them you're probably trying - like I did - to ignore them, but it's a problem you should take care of now