data.3news-bydate.train.rec.sport.baseball.105016 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (Scott Barman)
Subject: Re: How to speed up games (marginally realistic)
Organization: American Software Development Corp., West Babylon, NY
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In article [email protected] (Archer (Bad Cop) Surly) writes:
>In [email protected] (Michael Bohler) writes:
>
>*To really speed up the game umps need to START CALLING STRIKES the way
>*they used to. I'm talking about making the strike zone start at the
>*knees and go up to the top of the letters. Forget this "the strike zone
>*is in the general area of the groin". A lot less 3-and-2 counts and a
>*quicker game.
>
>They tried that in the '60's and people stopped coming to the ballparks
>in droves, as offense suffered immensely.
They lowered the mound first (before the 69 season). The shrinkage of
the strike zone didn't start until the mid-70s.
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