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True Dough

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5. It doesn't help with the changes they made to the actual baseballs this season

Reply to Auggie (Reply #4)

Thu May 20, 2021, 12:18 PM

May 2021

That's taken away quite a few homeruns.

Overall batting averages are at a historic low. Runs scored are waaaaay down.

Just since you created this thread, we can add Spencer Turnbull of the god-awful Tigers as yet another no-hitter pitcher this season.

It's hardly special anymore.

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Hate the Yanks, But you have to love the effort. nt OAITW r.2.0 May 2021 #1

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Man, oh man True Dough May 2021 #3

Gee, can't have that -- no scoring is boring! I know ... Auggie May 2021 #4

It doesn't help with the changes they made to the actual baseballs this season True Dough May 2021 #5

Maybe the ball is part of it Auggie May 2021 #7

I would like to see a return to "small ball" True Dough May 2021 #8

I don't want to limit shifts ... Auggie May 2021 #9

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Yep Auggie May 2021 #12

I'll defer to the great Clayton Kershaw on this topic, seeing as he's a pitcher himself True Dough May 2021 #6