George Skelton: It's simple — peddling children for sex is serious
by George Skelton, Los Angeles Times
Jul 22, 2023
3 minutes
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A classic line from a baseball movie aptly characterizes a bonehead play committed by some Democratic state legislators.
What happened in the California state Assembly truly was a bush-league error.
In the 1988 film "Bull Durham" — arguably the best baseball movie ever made — an exasperated minor league manager heatedly lectures his inept team: "Baseball is a simple game. You throw the ball. You catch the ball. You hit the ball.
"You got it?"
Similarly, the hardball game of lawmaking can be simple. Not always, but sometimes.
For example: If a pimp is peddling
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