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True Dough

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8. I would like to see a return to "small ball"

Reply to Auggie (Reply #7)

Thu May 20, 2021, 01:10 PM

May 2021

"Launch angle" is definitely all the rage. The players are focused on the wrong metrics.

And, yes, I'd like to see some limits on defensive shifts too.

While the game generally isn't exciting this season, Shohei Ohtani is a blast to watch, whenever I get a chance to see him on the tube.

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