Hyde: Here comes the pitch — yes, the pitch — as Inter Miami starts play | Commentary

First, every sport has its own vocabulary. In football, players change in a “locker room.” In baseball, it’s a “clubhouse.” In hockey, it’s simply “the room.” (You also can’t step on the team’s carpeted logo in “the room,” without threat of physical harm while you can do so without anyone noticing in an NBA locker room. But that’s another column.)