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marble falls

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2. Now if they'd only get the technology to stop putting commercials in the middle of an inning ...
Wed Apr 26, 2023, 06:46 AM
Apr 2023

... and get rid of the circus stunts going on off field during those commercials.

The pitching clock as means to "speed up the game" is a big joke too. It's the commercial breaks that slow down the game

Watching the games back in the day used be so fun and relaxing. Breaking up innings stalls out rallies and just breaks up the game. The last four hour game at Ranger's stadium just did it for me. The minor league games are as bad as the majors now.

I would go to industrial league games if they were still around. The "boys of summer" are long gone. Baseball is all business including with the players, something I always went to a game to get away from.

I don't think I could name a player today past one or two, like Shohei Ohtani. I can still name a hundred players from the 50s thru 70s Cleveland teams and its rivals. I used to live in Mesa and watched the Cubs in spring training and the Giants farm team in Phoenix in the 80s and 90s. Those were the days. And they're gone forever. Enjoyed watching the UT ball teams, especially the women's fast pitch underhand team. There was pitcher Kat i forget her last name who was a real marvel in the 90s.

Sorry if I got off your topic, but I need to get my cane and shake it at the kids playing catch on the lawn. Or would if kids still tossed the old bean around these days.

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