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24. A batting pitchers job is to either,

Sun Aug 21, 2016, 01:11 PM

Aug 2016

run up the other pitchers count, bunt or get a hit. The AL is boring to say the least.

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Report: MLB may consider limits on pitching changes and shifts [View all] yortsed snacilbuper Aug 2016 OP

Wow! That's a great idea. MicaelS Aug 2016 #5

Not my idea, but I have seen it suggested a few times over the years. Nye Bevan Aug 2016 #6

Funny. Nye Bevan Aug 2016 #8

Yeah, the announcers said Clint was in the dugout yelling at everybody. yortsed snacilbuper Aug 2016 #9

Gormon Thomas Milwaukee Beermakers GusBob Aug 2016 #12

Except for the possibility of a balk gratuitous Aug 2016 #15

Totally agree on the shift. Nye Bevan Aug 2016 #16

Dodger great Don Drysdale would just hit the batter... maveric56 Aug 2016 #17

San Francisco coach Bruce Boche uses a lot of pitching changes. panader0 Aug 2016 #3

Most managers do that GusBob Aug 2016 #4

I think they use some kind of computer program to tell them what to do, yortsed snacilbuper Aug 2016 #10

Yeah it's called the Tony LaRussa GusBob Aug 2016 #11

Some minor league teams experimented with the time clock. tonyt53 Aug 2016 #14

Allow the umpire crew to end lopsided games early jmowreader Aug 2016 #18

I'd definitely call one at Safeco jmowreader Aug 2016 #21

Seattle. Enough said. nt msanthrope Aug 2016 #23

Get rid of the designated hitter, yortsed snacilbuper Aug 2016 #19

Put them in the NL jmowreader Aug 2016 #22

A batting pitchers job is to either, yortsed snacilbuper Aug 2016 #24