Best line of the day, so far

Brewers manager Ned Yost inadvertently ran his team out of a scoring chance last week when he tried to slap a mosquito on his cheek — causing his base runner to try an ill-fated steal of third base.

Diamond historians immediately declared it the most misconstrued signal since the 2005 U.S. Congressional Softball Game, when Idaho Senator Larry Craig stomped on a spider and touched off a suicide squeeze.

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