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Bill Weisgerber's avatar

“You’re not going ot believe this…”🤣 (as if a ghost runner on 2nd, is believable? 🥴)…

However, the Home Run Phantasmagoria®️became a tad bit like a Cracker Jack prize…which has a certain element of symmetry to the game🤔

Nevertheless, thanks for your sharp-witted account and analysis of the Home Run Phantasmagoria®️, and the nostalgic trip back to matchstick tallies, Slurpee “payouts”…and Mike Leak (aka Wm. Devane) as the disinclined/turned enthusiastic champion of the BNBs…

“LET-THEM-PLAY!”

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Pato's avatar

I was pleasantly surprised to see the ASG end this way. If there was more notice, I’m sure MLB‘s gambling partners could’ve made a killing on the HR tiebreaker 🤦🏼‍♂️

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jimmy bonbright's avatar

It wouldn't be baseball, but it would lead to some high drama. Nobody really cared about who won the All-Star game. But real baseball games that count? Holy moly.

I'm not saying I'm for it, because I'm an old purist. But the purity of the game, if it ever existed at all, has been sufficiently diluted now that I could probably get on board.

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