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Posted By: Marty Ogelvie

I haven't watched the Ken Burns documentary (a MUST SEE for any Baseball fan!!) in a LONG LONG time and my memory may be bad.. scratch that, my memory IS BAD.. But I seem to recall a mention that at one time there were NO BALLs or STRIKEs, the batter would bat until he hit the ball into play.. That rule probably lasted about a week.. They instigated Balls and Strikes to speed up play.

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