Get thee behind me, Spidey!

The powers-that-be at MLB have decided that Spider Man will not after all be featured on the bases over the weekend of June 11-13.

Thomas Boswell gives his reaction both to the original decision and to the uproar that followed. As usual, he waxes a little lyrical ("On our American list of "perfect things," the baseball diamond has always held a high place. Even those who don't love the game understand the combination of power and peacefulness in a ballpark [...] Each logo would have been like a gob of tobacco juice in the eye of every fan who has an ounce of feeling for the spirit of the game"), but that's why I like him so much.