Well, the SF Giants won the World Series. It was quite exciting considering they didn’t look like they could run across a park in the play-offs, let alone win the championship.
Have you also noticed how much spitting goes on among baseball players? They spit on the field, while pitching, catching, batting, or just scratching themselves.
Coaches and players alike.
What happened to manners? 
I looked that up. They used to chew tobacco. Since then baseball has gone green, so now it’s sunflower seeds and bubble gum. It’s more role-model friendly.
But that doesn’t explain why they spit. Perhaps it’s a hold-over from the tobacco days, and it’s now part of the baseball culture.
Catchers don’t figure in the spitting contest unless they’re adept at flinging it from the side of their masks.
Batters and pitchers are the stars. The cameras are aimed at them. It’s part of the performance.
What puts my stomach into a twist is watching a runner slide into home base with all that spit-soaked dirt.
Who gets those stains out? That’s what I want to know.
Calvin says, “Baseball is a get-down-and-dirty-game. I’d love to roll in dirt spit.” 
Calvin & Bloggie 