Johnny Bench isn’t just the best catcher in MLB history, he’s also apparently a very reasonable man. Like many of us, Bench believes Major League Baseball is ruining one of its most hallowed traditions — opening day — by spreading out teams’ first games over multiple days.

This season, six teams played their first games on Sunday, 22 were scheduled for their season debuts on Monday, and the Tigers and Marlins will have to wait until Tuesday. In a series of videos for Kingsford Charcoal subtitled “Anger,” “Sadness,” and “Disgust,” Bench yells and sings about his desire for MLB to revert to a single opening day — which should be a national holiday, obviously.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1FcoFqPRWY&feature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfCxgdGzSww&feature=youtu.be

The videos point to an online petition to “Take Back Opening Day.” Some 750 people have signed it, but nothing will change because cash rules everything around us and even our most cherished traditions buckle before capitalism.