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“Dog, if there were slightly larger bases, I would be all over MLB!”, said no young would-be baseball fan, ever, at any time. Yet that’s just one of a series of experiments set to take place in baseball’s minor leagues as MLB brass continue their neverending search for fans under 50. Expect an announcement scrapping the obsolete 90 feet between bases in time for the 2022 season: the distance was never really right anyway. DL
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