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Leading off: It’s already too late for MLB to get ahead of sticky stuff
I try not to do any media criticism in this column lest it devolve entirely into meta-commentary nitpicking the product of other hard-working reporters. But with the foreign substances scandal threatening to boil over into actual leaguewide action, it’s worth considering the way the reported forthcoming crackdown is framed.