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Originally Posted by Le Grande Orange
The pitching mound being lowered five inches in 1968 wasn't a huge change? It had been fifteen inches for 67 years.
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No. The game was still played the same way, with the same number of players.
The game doesn't change when outfield fences are raised or lowered, or moved in or out, or if at a mile-high altitude, even if those changes have an impact on the pitching/batting balance of the game.