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Il BuonO Hangout Grand Counsel

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I believe it's between the belt and the letters. Regardless, why are we still having this debate when the technology for automatic ball and strikes calling has already been available for several years? We have been down this road before. You don't do away with the umpire, just place a buzzer in his pocket and let him make whatever call he wants.

I'd like nothing better than to have an electronic system implemented, but not likely to happen. In any case, the rules would still apply.

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I believe it's between the belt and the letters. Regardless, why are we still having this debate when the technology for automatic ball and strikes calling has already been available for several years? We have been down this road before. You don't do away with the umpire, just place a buzzer in his pocket and let him make whatever call he wants.

You're talking about a sport that still manually makes season schedules and has to use a specific dirt to rub down baseballs before games. Hey, I love it but we all know it's not terribly progressive.

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You're talking about a sport that still manually makes season schedules and has to use a specific dirt to rub down baseballs before games. Hey, I love it but we all know it's not terribly progressive.

But it's REALLY good mud!

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Wright's career major league debut against the Angels so far is somewhat reminiscent of Chris Waters' career major league debut against the Angels in 2008.

Waters threw 8 innings of 1-hit, shutout ball.

The difference is that Wright is much more of a prospect now than Waters was at the time.

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