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Old 07-09-2019, 01:53 PM
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i think it's great for the fans, seems to be the only thing that makes baseball "pop" anymore in the main culture.

guys swing for the fences nowadays, the good front offices are preaching launch angles from the low minors as an organizational approach. it's a myth the big hacks mess with their regular season swings.
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I mean the exhaustion and stress put on the body for no real reason at all. Can Vlad even lift his arms today? Trying to compensate for discomfort can lead to significant injury.
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I am not a fan of it, but I haven't seen my 21 and 18 year old sons as excited about baseball in years as they were last night. They were literally screaming.
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i think it's great for the fans, seems to be the only thing that makes baseball "pop" anymore in the main culture.

guys swing for the fences nowadays, the good front offices are preaching launch angles from the low minors as an organizational approach. it's a myth the big hacks mess with their regular season swings.
More fans should attend batting practice then. Why don't they? I can't imagine anything more boring than someone mindlessly knocking a non-pitch over the fence.
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More fans should attend batting practice then. Why don't they? I can't imagine anything more boring than someone mindlessly knocking a non-pitch over the fence.
Not sure if you've been to a game lately, but the Yankees don't even let you in to watch batting practice anymore. It always makes me wonder what happens to the balls hit into the stands. Does some usher go around picking them up before the gates open up? I've never gotten to my seat and found one. Where do they go?
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Not sure if you've been to a game lately, but the Yankees don't even let you in to watch batting practice anymore. It always makes me wonder what happens to the balls hit into the stands. Does some usher go around picking them up before the gates open up? I've never gotten to my seat and found one. Where do they go?
They probably have a deal with some memorabilia dealer who then sells them as game used.
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More fans should attend batting practice then. Why don't they? I can't imagine anything more boring than someone mindlessly knocking a non-pitch over the fence.
When I used to go to games all the time. I always made sure I got there early so I could watch batting practice.

I also still like to watch the old Home Run Derby TV Show.
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The one time I tuned into that I heard Chris Berman and fled quickly. He's retired now I think?
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The one time I tuned into that I heard Chris Berman and fled quickly. He's retired now I think?
Are you referring to Home Run Derby the old TV Show? Berman would have been 5 when that show was on.
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Are you referring to Home Run Derby the old TV Show? Berman would have been 5 when that show was on.
No the current thing. But I am old enough to have watched the original
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