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Old 05-18-2019, 10:00 AM   #389
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Originally Posted by Syd Thrift View Post
I think the game has gotten too static: too many of the Three True Outcomes for me. De juicing the ball would help with homeruns but K rates are nearing 1 per inning and I don’t have a great answer to fix that.
Unscrewing the superchargers off the baseballs would also help to keep strikeouts from spiralling all out of control, because hitting for the fences is not going to be as much of a successful strategy anymore. Hitters would actually have to be a bit more selective, slap a single for a change, and hey, maybe exploit the wide open side of the field the shift is giving you?
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