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JAN2013:   THE  117th  ARTICLE FOR BASEBALL GURU

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1: WHY DO WE TOLERATE THE PHANTOM PLAY AT SECOND BASE ?

2: WHY DOES MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL NOT IMMEDIATELY BAN ANY PLAYER FROM PLAYING IN ANY LEVEL OF THE GAME WHEN THEY'RE  CAUGHT TAKING STEROIDS ?

3: WHY DOES MLB STILL INSIST THAT JACKIE ROBINSON  WAS THE FIRST BLACK TO PLAY IN THE GAME…….THERE WERE ABOUT 90 PLUS WHO CAME BEFORE HIM!

4: WHY ISN'T MARVIN MILLER IN THE HALL OF FAME ?

5: WHY ISN'T RIGGS STEPHENSON, LEFTY O'DOUL, DICK BARTEL, JIM KAAT, AND DON MATTINGLY IN THE HALL OF FAME ?

6: WHY ARE BILL MAZEROSKI, RABBIT MARANVILLE, MORGAN BULKELEY, JOHNEY EVERS, JOE TINKER, RAY SCHALK, HARRY HOOPER, RICK FERRELL, BILLY WILLIAMS, BOWIE KUHN, IN THE HALL OF FAME ?

7: WHY DO WE HAVE A WILD CARD SET-UP THAT YOU HAVE TO BE A GENIUS TO UNDERSTAND ?

8: WHY HAS THE BASBALL PLAYERS UNION DEGENERATED INTO A SELF SERVING SHILL FOR THE PLAYERS, TAKING THEIR SIDE IN EVERY CASE THAT THEY ARE INVOVED IN, WITHOUT RHYME OR REASON.

9: WHY HAS THE GAME GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO NOT SPEND A PILE OF MONEY TO GET IN ?

10: WHY IS ALEX RODRIGUEZ SO DISLIKED…..BUT THEN AGAIN SO WAS TED WILLIAMS.

11: WHY HAVE THE YANKEES REACHED THE POINT NOW WHERE THEY HAVE STOPPED SPENDING TON'S OF MONEY……ARE THEY HAVING FINANCIAL PROBLEMS (WHICH SEEMS HARD TO BELIEVE).

12: WHY ISN'T INSTANT REPLAY USED MORE OFTEN ?

13: WHY AREN’T THERE ANY WOMEN UMPIRES ?

14: WHY AREN'T ANY WOMEN PLAYING IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES ?

15: WHY IS PITCHING PER GAME NOW HANDLED  BY A COMMITTEE  RATHER THAN ONE……..WHICH HAS LED TO 20 GAME WINNERS AND COMPLETE GAMES BECOMING A VANISHING BREED!

16: WHY HAVE WE REACHED THE POINT WHERE EXPANSION AND LONGEVITY OF SCHEDULE NOW GIVES US THE MAJORITY OF PLAYERS BATTING AROUND THE MID .250s OR MUCH LOWER…..A BATTING AVERAGE OF.300 IS BECOMING EXTINCT.

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