A Pastime Baseball Can Do Without – Wall Street Journal

The Major League Baseball season starts Monday, with many a pinch of tobacco between many a cheek and gum. Not everyone is happy about this (about the chewing tobacco, that is). The San Francisco board of supervisors is considering a measure to put chew off-limits at every ball field in the city, including AT&T Park, where the world-champion Giants play.

A bill introduced February in the California Assembly would do the same in pro and league venues across the whole state. Major League Baseball supports this…