Ok. So I know I’m probably gonna catch a lot of flack for this one. But we need to talk about one of baseball’s unfortunate traditions. And that is the god awful persistence of chewing tobacco.
Commonly referred to as “dip”, chewing tobacco is found in virtually every single dugout in America.
It is absolutely vile.
First of all, Dip spit is just disturbing. I really do not want to watch you spit into a water bottle at 5 second intervals, or even worse, onto the floor.
You are a baseball player, not a Llama(in case you didn’t know, they spit).
I don’t care how good you look in baseball pants, this makes you wildly unattractive.
When you have a wad in, you look like your lower lip got stung by a bee. Which is ironic cause I know it gives y’all a “buzz”. But really guys, come on.
Second, there are a heck of a lot of other options for you to put in your mouth if you really need to chew something.
I recommend Big League. Preferably grape, but green apple is also a solid choice.
And you can never go wrong with double bubble.
But let’s not forget the most obvious choice. SUNFLOWER SEEDS. Seeds and ball go hand in hand. Heck they even sell sunflower seeds that come in a baseball bat shaped container. I’ve seen ‘em at Academy. There’s a great variety of seeds nowadays. Why chew rotting cancerous plant material when you can have delicious BBQ or Ranch, or heck, even BACON flavor all up in your grill.
Yes there is still spitting involved with seeds, but its nowhere near as vile. And that brings me to my next point, sunflower seeds are also NOT CANCEROUS.
Not only is it gross, but dip causes cancer. Yes I’m aware of the argument that “everything causes cancer” nowadays, but doing dip is not helping anyone.
Google “mouth cancer”
Yeah. That’s what I thought.
Baseball and chewing tobacco don’t have to go hand in hand.
Ok I’m done.
I know a lot of ya’ll do it, and I have nothing against you as a person, but if you knew what’s good for you, you’d give dip the dip.
Commonly referred to as “dip”, chewing tobacco is found in virtually every single dugout in America.
It is absolutely vile.
First of all, Dip spit is just disturbing. I really do not want to watch you spit into a water bottle at 5 second intervals, or even worse, onto the floor.
You are a baseball player, not a Llama(in case you didn’t know, they spit).
I don’t care how good you look in baseball pants, this makes you wildly unattractive.
When you have a wad in, you look like your lower lip got stung by a bee. Which is ironic cause I know it gives y’all a “buzz”. But really guys, come on.
Second, there are a heck of a lot of other options for you to put in your mouth if you really need to chew something.
I recommend Big League. Preferably grape, but green apple is also a solid choice.
And you can never go wrong with double bubble.
But let’s not forget the most obvious choice. SUNFLOWER SEEDS. Seeds and ball go hand in hand. Heck they even sell sunflower seeds that come in a baseball bat shaped container. I’ve seen ‘em at Academy. There’s a great variety of seeds nowadays. Why chew rotting cancerous plant material when you can have delicious BBQ or Ranch, or heck, even BACON flavor all up in your grill.
Yes there is still spitting involved with seeds, but its nowhere near as vile. And that brings me to my next point, sunflower seeds are also NOT CANCEROUS.
Not only is it gross, but dip causes cancer. Yes I’m aware of the argument that “everything causes cancer” nowadays, but doing dip is not helping anyone.
Google “mouth cancer”
Yeah. That’s what I thought.
Baseball and chewing tobacco don’t have to go hand in hand.
Ok I’m done.
I know a lot of ya’ll do it, and I have nothing against you as a person, but if you knew what’s good for you, you’d give dip the dip.