Priorities

It's a full-on rush for the honor of Man Who Protects Baseball:

U.S. Rep George Nethercutt, a Washington Republican who is a former part-owner of the Greensboro Bats and the Michigan Battle Cats minor league teams, sent a letter to Selig protesting the decision.

"Little Leaguers deserve to see their heroes slide into bases, not ads," wrote Nethercutt, who is running for U.S. Senate.

They do not. Little leaguers, like all children, deserve good shelter, healthy food, clean water and air, lots of love from the grownups, high-quality medical care, and plenty of educational and economic opportunity. They do not "deserve" to watch baseball on television. They do not "deserve" to go see Spider-Man. If they "deserve" a trip to the ballpark, they do not "deserve" to see their heroes sliding into "bases, not ads." It's absurd that members of our government would take time off from our real problems to participate in such distractions. Do Pee-Wee League football players "deserve" to see their heroes run across a football field that does not have an ad at the fifty-yard line? This is vote-mongering, pure and simple. It's free to complain, right, and the media will lavish attention on politicians who make such complaints. Why can't we have a better media?

...did anyone blow his horn and rally the sheep to protest the painting of ads on the fifty-yard-line during bowl games? If little leaguers deserve to see their heroes sliding into bases not ads, don't pee-wee leaguers deserve to see their heroes crossing 50-yard lines not ads? Don't big wheelers deserve to see their heroes driving cars not ads?