Reaction to Donaldson’s mock whistle a sign MLB’s open to more levity

Given baseball’s customary conservatism and enduring staidness, it’s progress that Boston’s playfully irritating use of a whistle to cheer his team’s defensive plays, and Donaldson’s blow-the-whistle gesture in response when he touched home after going deep, didn’t lead to any unwritten-rule righteousness.

By Shi Davidi