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Ohtani flung his bat as he trotted out of the batter’s box.

The latest example: Tuesday’s rotation of batting practice sessions, with the Dodgers trotting out one star pitcher after the next in a display of their stunning depth of arms.

Despite being in unfamiliar territory, taking the horses for a trot is a way for the owners “to get their minds off of all the problems they’re going to have to face.”

The metaphor of a “marketplace of ideas” is routinely trotted out by people like Zuckerberg to defend abdicating responsibility for doing what they can to ensure that freedom and democracy thrive.

The Rams’ safety trotted into the locker room, picked up his phone and waited until teammates had filed in and left the field empty.