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True Dough

(20,323 posts)
Mon Aug 8, 2022, 11:44 AM Aug 2022

Does baseball need more of this?

The sports' popularity has been waning for decades. One thing they need to do is shorten the games, IMO. But what about this sort of thing to give games more life and flavor:





The NFL is wildly popular despite its reputation as the No Fun League for shutting down many TD celebrations. Should baseball encourage some flamboyancy or not?
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Does baseball need more of this? (Original Post) True Dough Aug 2022 OP
Nothing flamboyant about that at all. HUAJIAO Aug 2022 #1
Yeah, the spectacle is generated by the PA announcer and Mr & Mrs Met VWolf Aug 2022 #4
LGM !!!!!!!!!! HUAJIAO Aug 2022 #5
The Bananas Island Deac Aug 2022 #2
That's awesome!! True Dough Aug 2022 #3
This is amazing. Seriously - send this to the baseball fans in your life. I love it all. n/t Fix The Stupid Aug 2022 #7
Even this Phillies Phan SallyHemmings Aug 2022 #6

HUAJIAO

(2,590 posts)
1. Nothing flamboyant about that at all.
Mon Aug 8, 2022, 12:08 PM
Aug 2022

Last edited Mon Aug 8, 2022, 03:39 PM - Edit history (1)

It is after all, SENOR DIAZ !!!!!

(At least he does his praying in the relativity obscurity of the bullpen.)

VWolf

(3,944 posts)
4. Yeah, the spectacle is generated by the PA announcer and Mr & Mrs Met
Mon Aug 8, 2022, 01:22 PM
Aug 2022

It's great fun - I took in a game at Citi Field last month

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