Georgia baseball player ejected for noxious celebration is type of ‘fun’ Rob Manfred’s MLB panders to

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Georgia Bulldogs infielder Tre Phelps (1) gets a base hit. Georgia Bulldogs infielder Tre Phelps (1) gets a hit. Dale Zanine-Imagn Images

While it’s Sunday and I wouldn’t want to interrupt Commissioner Manfred from his well-deserved day of rest following an exhausting week of doing absolutely nothing to improve the badly diminished state of MLB, I wonder if he has a minute to check out a YouTube video.

Last Sunday in an NCAA baseball tournament game televised on ESPN, Georgia third baseman Tre Phelps hit a home run to give UGA the lead over Liberty.

Before he finally reached home to exchange elaborate, rehearsed, long-form handshake nonsense with teammates, he did the following:

He stood near home plate and posed so long that the home plate ump told him to move along.

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