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To: C19fan
Nothing wrong with the pace of baseball. It is what it is. That's the way it always has been. The problem with baseball is not the game but those who want to turn it into the NBA or NFL.

I'm OK with 1-0 games. Some of the best games I ever saw were in the 1990s with Atlanta's pitching staff. Maddux would have complete games with under 90 pitches. Awesome stuff. Talk about fast paced games!
 

16 posted on 10/26/2018 7:16:35 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (Nuke the Caravan!)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie
I'm OK with 1-0 games. Some of the best games I ever saw were in the 1990s with Atlanta's pitching staff. Maddux would have complete games with under 90 pitches. Awesome stuff. Talk about fast paced games!

That was great stuff back then when starters were allowed to go deep into games. Now Maddux would be pulled after the 5th or 6th inning for a plethora of relief pitchers.

19 posted on 10/26/2018 7:23:24 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: Governor Dinwiddie
It wasn't uncommon for Catfish Hunter to complete a game in under two hours.

Best 1-0 game of all time? 7/2/63, when the Giants beat the Braves 1-0 in the bottom of the 16th inning on a Willie Mays HR. Both starting pitchers, Juan Marichal (age 25) and Warren Spahn (age 43) pitched complete games.

Marichal would not come out of the game as long as the "old man" Spahn was still in the game...lol.

34 posted on 10/26/2018 8:21:08 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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