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Dr. Ruth Weighs In on Baseball’s Sticky Substance Controversy in Epic Fashion: TRAINA THOUGHTS

1. I have been writing a daily column for SI.com for 10 years when you combine my days doing Hot Clicks and Traina Thoughts. But I’m fairly certain this is the first time I’ve managed to get Dr. Ruth into the column and I’m not gonna lie—it’s quite exciting.

I’m not even sure most of you are familiar with the legendary Ruth Westheimer. If you are over, let’s say 35, you probably learned a lot about the birds and the bees from Dr. Ruth’s late-night cable show that ran in the mid-’80s.

The woman was a prolific media star for many years.