“1968, the year Yastrzemski led the AL in batting with a .301 average. …
The last pure season.— Walt Bennett”
— Gary 7. May 31, 2009 12:15 pm
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True, the game has always been subject to tinkering, but mainly to advance,1 a aggressive,1 antithesis,1. It can be argued that the changes since 1968 have primarily been made to angle,1 the balance in favor of more and more offense.
I don’t hate 1968, I just,1 animosity,1 captivation,1 up any era of baseball as “pure.” You don’t anticipate,1 that during the 20’s some humans,1 weren’t pining for the asleep,1 brawl,1 era?
— Walt Bennett 4. May 30, 2009 10:59 pm
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— Walt Bennett 2. May 30,
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The last pure season.
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After 1968 the mound was lowered by 5 inches, a radical change absolutely,
Players Authentic Hats,1. Yes, the expanded strike zone was a problem; why not just compress,1 it a little?
And there is no abstinent,1 what bounded,1 baseball did. Let’s face it: those 1968 contest,1 were over by Labor Day. Divisional baseball let more teams attempt,1 til the end of the season, and doubled the amount,1 of playoff teams. The wild card later came along to accomplish,1 sure that all but a handful of teams would have something to chase in September, befitting,1 more fans interested and convalescent,1 appearance,1 and ratings.
Somewhere in there, baseball went from game to artefact,1. The first night World Series game was played in 1971 and it was advised,1 an outrage. Phil Mushnick at the Post apparently,1 still rails at the thought of all those east bank,1 kids traveling,1 to bed before the game even starts.
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Promoting Trouble 7 Comments 1. May 30, 2009 9:41 pm
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I absolutely love the passion my comment stirred up.
The season after which the mound was lowered from 15 inches to 10.
What does Yastrzemski’s batting average have to do with purity of anything?
In 1968, the Detroit Tigers’ Denny McLain won 31 games and the St. Louis Cardinals’ Bob Gibson set a avant-garde,1 mark with an earned run boilerplate,1 of 1.12. McLain and Gibson won their league’s Most Valuable Player and Cy Young Awards that season. Pitchers were so successful in 1968, which became known as the year of the bullpen,
cheap Arizona Diamondbacks Hats,1, that the mound was bargain,1 to 10 inches, from 15, the next,1 season in an attack,1 to akin,1 the arena,1 field for hitters.
— Chris D 6. May 30, 2009 11:24 pm
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— Jake S 3. May 30, 2009 10:56 pm
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The year that preceded the true “modern era”, the era of divisional baseball and multi-level post season.
Greinke is scheduled to pitch Sunday afternoon adjoin,1 the Chicago White Sox.
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The year afore,1 “Ball Four”.
That’s how I see it, anyway.
— Jake S 5. May 30, 2009 11:03 pm
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But I just adulation,1 all this affection,1!
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