Baseball was quite a violent game in its very early days, much more so than in the 70s.
Part of the problem was just that the rules were vague. There were always rules against interference and obstruction but they weren’t really well defined in respect to collision plays. To my mind, the sort of just flat out football hit plays Hal McRae used to pull WERE illegal by the letter of the rules, but it wasn’t super clear, and so it just wasn’t well enforced.
I hate the TBS score bug so much. You cannot tell me that having the name of the pitcher and the batter takes up too much real estate. I’m watching in a loud bar, and I can’t hear the announcer. Just keep the batter name up there, and stop hiding it 80% of the time!
Bye-bye Cubs!
Congratulations to the Brewers. I’d like to watch the Mariners play them in the World Series.
It’d be the Seattle Pilots Memorial Series. 
(Go, Brew Crew!!!)
Brewers: never
Mariners: never
Blue Jays: 1993
Dodgers: 2024
Sounds safe to say that nearly the entire MLB world will be rooting against Los Angeles from here on out.
All the more reason for them to repeat.
Everybody hates them; they’re too popular.
Thank you, Yogi.
They’ve never even won a pennant.