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Old 07-13-2023, 12:16 PM   #458
JonInMiddleGA
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Originally Posted by Ksyrup View Post
The fact that you can call out one guy from the 70s/80s who took a long time is precisely the point. Multiply that by 100% of all hitters and that's what you had before this year - and then we get to the stupid mound antics, step-offs, etc. from the pitchers side, none of which were nearly as much a thing as they are now. The game naturally grew to be a shitty product, and they course-corrected it.

I'd take 700 guys pulling a Hargrove over the "antics" of the various showboats that need a fastball in their earhole.
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