I love the game of baseball; my boys play, I played and I enjoy talking about it, and maybe it is because I grew up a Pirates fan, but I am down on the sport.

This new habit of taking pitches is killing the game. I understand the reasoning … get to the bullpens.

But here is the result: the Pirates-Cubs game yesterday, it last about 4.5 hours for 12 innings, there was 19 walks, nearly 500 pitches. It worked out to nearly 6.5 pitches per out.

That is ridiculous, but you know what else, it is the normal game.

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