The beautiful thing about America’s game is the way that it keep reforming itself around what America is -- and who Americans are. African-Americans a generation ago, Latinx players today, Americans always, one and all. The sport has always been part of the “next normal” in this country and could be again.

But is even this fact too controversial to acknowledge right now? What are not allowed to talk about right now? When we’re among polite company, can we not mention the killing of unarmed black men? When we’re talking about sports, can we not discuss politics? Its often said that there’s no crying in baseball, which is obviously true. In an era where stadia are empty and hearts are breaking, how can we not talk about the obvious, deafening silence all around us?

David, Tom, and Tom fill the air with more questions than answers.