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The other thing is that at least in the modern game, pitchers understand that they get paid according to production on the field and any strategy that does not ultimately benefit an individual pitcher's production would be hard to implement. And yes I know batters do give themselves up in order to move a runner often enough, but in the case of the batter it is very obvious whether he has made the attempt to do so, whereas in the case of a pitcher it would be very difficult to determine whether he is not pitching to contact or just missing his spots.
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Baseball will take our people out-of-doors, fill them with oxygen, give them a larger physical stoicism. Tend to relieve us from being a nervous, dyspeptic set, Repair these losses, and be a blessing to us.
Walt Whitman
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