All common sense lost in Red Sox-Orioles drama

BOSTON -- Don't try to make sense of why Baltimore Orioles starter Kevin Gausman got ejected for hitting a batter with a 77-mph curveball Wednesday night, one game after Boston Red Sox ace Chris Sale was allowed to keep pitching after whipping a 98-mph fastball behind a batter's knees.

Nothing about this childish beanball feud between the Red Sox and Orioles makes any sense.

If right-thinking people had applied reason and logic to this situation, well, let's just say it would have ended days ago. Instead, Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred felt the need to intervene, arranging a conference call Wednesday with the managers and top executives from both teams to deliver a stern…