As I was watching the Red Sox absolutely whip the Yankees on Monday night (final score was 16-1) something that one of the guys calling the game said stuck with me: “There used to be a code, but there’s no code now. Let the kids play I guess.” “Let the Kids Play” is the promotional slogan used by the MLB as the playoffs heat up. The speaker, I forget his name, was reacting negatively to the fact that the Red Sox seemed to still be trying when the result of the game was no longer in doubt. That Brock Holt would still try to hit the first cycle in the history of playoff baseball even when a position player was put in as pitcher.
Let the Kids Play: Change the unwritten rules of sports
