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“MLB players … would seem to be a demographic uniquely susceptible to heavy drinking. During the season, big leaguers spend half their time on the road, usually away from their families. They are disproportionately surrounded by other men in their 20s and 30s. Money, for nearly all players, is no barrier. And perhaps most importantly, ballplayers work a stressful, high-intensity job that usually ends late at night. Traditionally, that led players searching for a way to decompress after games to alcohol and nights out.” But these days, drinking is even down among baseball players (although it was heavily up among Giants fans during the team’s August slump). In addition to the general trend away from from drinking in America, ballplayers seem to be driven by concerns over social media and a preference for weed. (I should have been a ballplayer.) America is drinking less than ever — and the same is true for baseball players.