Rob Thomson is wrong. Baseball needs more of Ronald Acuña Jr.’s passion, not less

Ronald Acuña Jr. is on top of the baseball world right now. He’s the National League MVP frontrunner, he just led the Atlanta Braves to their sixth straight N.L. East title and, best of all, he keeps doing things that bother the sport’s fun-hating old guard.

Well, guess what? Here on “Flippin’ Bats,” we don’t hate fun.

During the Braves’ most recent series against the division rival Phillies in…