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On Aug 19, 2026, at 5:24 AM, reinkefj via gmail wrote to LUDDITE:
Brewers match modern-era record with 22-0 beatdown of Mariners https://nypost.com/2026/08/18/sports/brewers-match-modern-era-record-with-22-0-beatdown-of-mariners/
No mercy rule??? Pity the poor losing team’s fans!
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On Wed, Aug 19, 2026 at 8:00 AM LUDDITE wrote:
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Laugh mercy rules are for kids, like participation trophies! They just have to suck it up!
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I guess that when they went from the “boys of summer” to MP4Bs [MP4B = “Millionaires Playing For Billionaires”], they lost the “mercy rule” from their playbook.
In the old old days, I remember when if a team “embarrassed” an opponent, the next time they met (ever) the lead off batter would get a deliberate “wild pitch”.
If the manager was Casey Stengel or Billy Martin, and they were really <synonym for having produced lots of urine output>, the lead off batter would get a “head shot”. Or even maybe other batters sprinkled through out the line up so no one knew when or what was coming.
“Come backs” from BIG leads (I think it was like 6 runs) were rare because both teams fiollowed the “unwritten rules” of baseball etiquette. Everything is different now that Big Bucks are in play.
Argh! To go back to a simpler time when “baseball” was fun and relaxing and not a “money grab”?
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