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Infographic: The Rise and Fall of Scoring in Baseball

From the dead-ball era to the steroids era, the balance between pitchers and hitters has always been in flux

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WHAT A SLIDE! It should be titled what is wrong with this picture. Home plate is backwards or the slide is from the wrong slide of the picture. It appears the player is sliding from first base.

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