The decks are awash: the tears have already reached the scuppers, and there’s no sign of abatement. The output from the perpetually lachrymose has been prodigious. Even people who aren’t baseball fans are screaming, eyes bedewed, for justice—justice at any cost! “They outta let Manager’s have red flags!” “Why don’t they have instant replay? They have it everywhere else!” “Oh, hu, hu hu! It isn’t fair!” Before one more word: I am a lifelong Detroit Tigers fan. Although I no longer live in that shell of a city (and its degradation is truly something worth weeping over), I routinely pay...