Baseball Widow shows off her Latin in complaining about the overuse of the word “tainted” in describing everything in baseball:

“Taint” has become the catch-all accusation that appears whenever anyone is displeased about any aspect of the game. Are the Atlanta Braves’ gazillion consecutive division championships tainted because the rosters have included a cokehead, a bigot, and a repeat DUI offender? Is a game “tainted” by a bad call? Is a series? A sport?

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