DUNEDIN, FLORIDA - APRIL 12: Aaron Hicks #31 of the New York Yankees waves to the crowd after a game against the Toronto Blue Jays at TD Ballpark on April 12, 2021 in Dunedin, Florida. (Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images)
Keep politics out of sports unless it’s everyone dogmatically standing for the National Anthem right before first pitch, right?
Or unless it’s the seventh inning and we’re all singing along to “God Bless America,” which was not a tradition until post-9/11 but is now treated as gospel … right? Just making sure I have all this straight.