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Baseball

Wounded Bear

(58,813 posts) Fri Feb 24, 2023, 06:19 PM Feb 2023

First game of Spring Training for my Mariners...

No TV, listening on the radio.

Pitch clock seems to help move the game along. It's the bottom of 8 after about 2 hrs 15 minutes.

Have had a few more balls squirt through the infield without the shift, according to the announcers.

Haven't had any steal attempts yet.

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First game of Spring Training for my Mariners... (Original Post) Wounded Bear Feb 2023 OP

I watched the first 3 innings CanonRay Feb 2023 #1

Yeah, I was never a fan of the shift... Wounded Bear Feb 2023 #2

CanonRay

(14,153 posts)

1. I watched the first 3 innings

Reply to Wounded Bear (Original post)

Fri Feb 24, 2023, 06:22 PM

Feb 2023

and I like both the pitch clock and the absence of shifts. Jury is out on the pizza boxes.

Wounded Bear

(58,813 posts)

2. Yeah, I was never a fan of the shift...

Reply to CanonRay (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 24, 2023, 06:26 PM

Feb 2023

especially with how hard pitchers are throwing these days and with the emphasis on pulling for the long ball by hitters, batting averages haven't been this low in decades.

Hoping to see a bit more "real" baseball going forward.

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