Any site that requires you to "join" in order to gain access is the start to a road of junk mail IMO. I found a work around. I have a separate Gmail account that has a fictitious name, address, and ph# that I use as "dumping" ground for those who want to fill my life with junk, it works great. My personal rule is that I never open an email in that account regardless of how "sensational" it may appear.
Maybe it's my oldschool mentality or maybe its a geographical wordsmith preference but I've always referred to the area at the plate where the hitter stands as the "batters box". If someone used the phrase "hitters box" in my neck of the woods we'd wonder how many games they've ever attended.