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Old 09-15-2020, 12:14 PM   #5
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My current easy fix is to make the strike zone bigger to encourage swinging at marginal pitches rather than coaxing every count to get to 3-2. Hitting marginal pitches will get the defense involved, bring down homers, and maybe even the strikeouts.

None of my easy fixes have ever worked, so there's that...

Running as part of the game seems dead, though.

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Originally Posted by Déjà Bru View Post
Yes because home runs and strikeouts alone cannot carry the sport. The more of them, the less their entertainment value. There have to be some aspects of baseball to satisfy the mind other than "Gee, look how far he hit that one" and "Gee, look how hard he threw that fastball."
They don't have to hit it *that* far to right at Pinstripe Place and still make a fuss about it every time a guy pops one outta there.
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