Baseball must end diamond dust-ups

The boys of summer will be boys and it's high time Major League Baseball did something about it.

The generally genteel game is increasingly marred by senseless brawling among players and coaches. It seems baseball's age-old codes of honor, rooted in "respect," are colliding with modern performance antics— such as flipping one's bat or staring at the pitcher after hitting a home run. The latest exa...