How Some Non-All-Stars Spent Their Break
Yasiel Puig: Defecting from the United States back to Cuba, where at least he might make an All-Star Team.
Shin-Soo Choo: Fulfilling his South Korean military service.
Jacoby Ellsbury: Getting injured.
Josh Donaldson: Trying to poison Jim Leyland by figuring out a way to get him addicted to little white sticks filled with dangerous substances that will kill him.
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Wait, so it was Josh Donaldson who wrote that letter to the NYT Magazine’s Ethicist column?
Ha, indeed it must have been. I read that column, but forgot all about it when writing this.
ICYMI for other readers: even though Leyland probably doesn’t need to be coerced into lighting said sticks on fire, Donaldson’s action is unethical.