Baseball's fun police are ruining the playoffs

The sport's hoary code of conduct is a wet blanket on an otherwise scintillating October

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The Los Angeles Dodgers love to celebrate. They cheer when they hit doubles, swat not-quite-home runs, and, probably, even when they tie their shoes.

Yet in baseball, pearl-clutching stalwarts of the Old School view that exuberance as disrespect. The Cardinals' Adam Wainwright dismissed it as "Mickey Mouse stuff."

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Jon Terbush

Jon Terbush is an associate editor at TheWeek.com covering politics, sports, and other things he finds interesting. He has previously written for Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, and Business Insider.