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Dec 2023
22m 34s

Baseball’s Plan To Save Itself From Bore...

The New York Times
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This week, The Daily is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year and checking in on what has happened in the time since they first ran. Major League Baseball is putting in effect some of the biggest changes in the sport’s history in an effort to speed up the game and inject more activity. As the 2023 season opens, Michael Schmidt, a Times repor ... Show More
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