Kyle mentioned this in a previous post, but these tweets are worthy of their own sidebar:

Ben Davis is more or less Ed Rendell here. We’re a nation of pussies! He probably thinks the Yankees should be playing today in a Bronx that resembles 19th century Birmingham, England.

It’s true that we’ve gone soft in a lot of areas, but this isn’t one of them. If you look outside your window, you can see with your own two eyes and smell with your nose a gross haze of wildfire smoke that wafted down from Canada, creating the worst air quality we’ve had in this region in more than a decade.

Now Davis is in his mid-40s, a former professional athlete who likely remains in very good shape. Presumably, his “oldest” is also a healthy kid, so no, the conditions probably aren’t going to affect them the way they would, say, an elderly person in South Philly or four year olds at a daycare, where all outdoor activities have been shut down for two days now.

Even if you don’t necessarily feel like ass, a lot of people are getting that itchiness and irritation in the eyes and throat. It’s a general discomfort because, surprise! – human beings aren’t meant to breathe in smoke. Nothing fake about it, because it’s S.C.I.E.N.C.E., which was a great Incubus album. Thanks to S.C.I.E.N.C.E, we can measure AQI (air quality index) by determining particulate matter density via the use of ground tools and satellite technology as well. The AQI ranges from 0 to 500 and we’re near the top end of the scale right now, which is considered HAZARDOUS.

So no, it’s not “mental.”