[stuckincali]

https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2016/03/pitchers-mound-get-introduced-baseball/

[a little elbow grease]

"Combined with a 1963 rule change that expanded the strike zone, pitchers began to dominate hitters once again to an extreme degree. In fact, 1968 is referred to as “The Year of the Pitcher,” because average run scoring per game per team that year was a scant 3.42, with a full 21% of the games ending in one of the teams getting shut out."

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Unfortunately my four years in college baseball were from 1964 through 1968. Oh well. I never saw Bob Gibson ...... then.

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Thanks for the details. I still think the game would be better WITHOUT A PITCHERS MOUND.

(Every time I see a courtroom scene on tv with a judge it reminds me of a pitcher's mound. ....... (same thing with some pharmacists.) ___

By the way, do you remember "the terrace" in right field in old Crosley Field in Cinci.? As the outfielder approached the wall, the ground began to incline toward the wall. Made it a little hairy for a fielder who was not used to it.

LOL