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Originally Posted by Deertick
It was fun, but it would seem way more intrusive to game play speaking with a batter than a pitcher. ASG is an exhibition, so no real harm. They really were having fun. Can't see it flying in competition, though.
It brought back memories of my playing days.
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+1 Best thing to me is that the players were clearly having fun and that was contagious. I used to be a pitcher-catcher so those conversations brought back memories of my playing days. At first I thought it was odd the catcher (Trevino) kept asking the pitcher what he wanted, rather than calling the game himself, but then I realized he was catching those guys for the first time, so they weren't familiar with each other.
The uniforms were terrible. In football, uniforms of the 2 teams need to contrast for obvious reasons, but in baseball, much less so. It was much better when players wore their regular unis. If MLB wanted to sell more shirts, just issue a new set to the participants with a special patch, like they used to.
I was glad the MVP went to games at that same ballpark, and sat in left field where he hit his home run, when he was a youngster. Baseball starts as a game for kids and remembering that is cool.
In summary, this was the most entertaining game I've seen in quite some time.