There is unrest in the forest

Let's take your average Tea Party conservative, Sarah Palin, say. She doesn't trust science. She thinks a cold day in January is a good sample size. She thinks things like research and people from the Ivy League are fancy. She believes in conspiracy theories that don't have anything to do with the truth. She is very religious, almost fundamentally so. She believes that God is directing her. She doesn't know a thing about world geography. She thinks people like her are the real Americans (they are). She is vindictive. She does not like to be criticized. She lashes out at those who know more than she does. Her support comes almost entirely from people who don't read. She believes fair and balanced means covering her side of the story.

Now let's imagine your average Tea Party conservative running, say, the Kansas City Royals. He wouldn't trust defensive statistics due to the fact that they are a work in progress. He would be able to tell if a person is a good outfielder or basestealer by watching how fast they run. He would be able to prove that a shortstop is excellent based on one fantastic diving play. He would believe that scouts and old-schoolers are the real Americans. He would use the word "grit" to describe the kinds of people he's comfortable with (white people). He would blame poor results on bad luck. He would firmly believe that it's God's destiny for the team to reach the Promised Land. And anybody in the media who questions The Process would be banned from the stadium.

Now think of Major League Baseball as the United States of America. You would have star players and executives making impossibly over-inflated wages. There would be really bad contracts everywhere. The power of the unions would end up hurting job security in the long run. You would not be able to solve the steroid problem for decades because it's just too complex and there are money people who don't want you to do anything about it anyway. The inequities between teams would be so great that there would be cries of oppression from the weak. A system would be put in place in which the powerful teams would be taxed and a portion of the money would be shared for the good of the game. There would be discussion about salary caps and increased trading potential. Cries of socialism would ultimately get louder and louder.

And so on.