Blown out of proportion

Maybe it's just me, but I really don't see how the Chicago White Sox using an inflatable sex doll to break the curse on their bats is much of an outrage.

I mean, come on, how's it different from that scene in "Major League" where the players put up a cardboard cutout of their owner, an ex-stripper, and removed an article of clothing every time they won a game?

Let's face it, there's a reason athletes consider the locker room to be their inner sanctum. Where else can they behave like the goofy adolescents so many of them are at heart?

Frankly I think the whole Dollgate thing's sort of funny, not to say a trifle ingenious. Lighten up, people.

-- Ben Smith