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Prof. Toru Tanaka

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2. Hitting as a whole is just piss-poor

Reply to Diamond_Dog (Reply #1)

Sat May 1, 2021, 03:14 PM

May 2021

Batters no longer work the count, they just swing for the fences. That and the constant pitching changes have not only depressed offensive stats, they have lengthened games considerably.

The "National Pastime" has become the national "past it's time". I stopped watching a few seasons back and I don't really miss it.

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