Pitcher is more or less an automatic out. I get that you have to strategize around that when the pitcher is late in the game, but from an entertainment perspective, you may as well take your washroom break at that time. It simply doesn't work, and frankly is anti-climatic. When it does work it it's great, but in today's market where it's all about entertainment, pitchers batting is a virtual snoozefest. I'm sure it'll eventually go. Hard to fathom that because baseball has been so traditional, but they're willing to change in the past couple years.
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