The tweets from Sean Doolittle came rapid-fire Monday afternoon.
3:07 p.m. PT. 3:08 p.m. 3:08 p.m. 3:09 p.m. And on and on until Doolittle was done, five minutes and nine tweets after he began.
That quickly, the Washington Nationals closer had summed up where baseball is and where baseball can go in dealing with old and offensive tweets from some of its young stars. That smoothly, Doolittle had provided his fellow players and his game with a blueprint that could do something better than make this all go away before anyone else can get in trouble.