Choose your battles

Milestone: Spring is here, or at least spring training. But baseball has some issues. Also: 7 other things worth a click.

First sign of spring: Pitchers and catchers report for spring training today. It's a good American milestone, even if you don't care about baseball.

This is a tricky subject in my family. I grew up a Red Sox fan, and my wife is a pretty serious Yankees fan. But our drama is nothing compared to what's going on with Major League Baseball itself.

I'm drawn to the lawsuit filed this week by a former pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays, who claims that cheating by the Houston Astros destroyed his career.

Quick background: Baseball says the Astros they used electronic measures to steal pitching signs during the 2017 season (when they won the World Series).

Thus, their batters knew ahead of time what the opposing pitchers would throw—which gave them a much better chance of getting on base and scoring.

Mike Bolsinger was one of those opposing pitchers.

A journeyman, he moved up and down from the minors to MLB and back. In what turned out to be his last-ever appearance in the majors, he came on …