The game you decry is a game that has always existed in certain sections of the world - sections that might lack the capital required to dictate cultural norms but are not subject to your antitrust exemption, to your monopolistic urge to dictate what this sport means, and what it represents, and how it should express itself within the parameters the rules define. The only universal truths are three strikes for an out, three outs for an inning, nine innings for a game, 60 feet, 6 inches from rubber to home. You want to stop my kind of ballplayers from playing their game? That's how you do it. Until then, I'll follow the Tao of David Ortiz.