Keep It In Your Mouth - Or At Least In the Dugout

An open letter to all professional baseball players:

Please refrain from spitting during the singing/playing/recording of the national anthem! Or anthems, if you're at the Rogers Centre or the Toronto BlueJays are playing you at your home field.

If you can't chew gum or tobacco without spitting, keep it in your pocket until the pretty song is over. And sorry, I don't care how dry your mouth gets on the field. Swallow, damn it!