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I kind of wonder why Shohei Ohtani ended up swinging himself out of his batting helmet in the fifth. He must have been trying to kill the ball by swinging through his power alley. Perhaps a reminder from an old school coach (John McGraw?) might be in order "Hey, superstar, don't just swing for the fences. Hit the ball where it's pitched!"

The analytics may not support the old school approach.
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I feel sorry for a large % of board members who seemingly can't enjoy how great modern baseball is.
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Some of us though prefer more of the kind of on-base action that enabled the game to explode in popularity in the first two decades of the 20th century.

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