Collette Calls: The Times They Are a-Changin'

"Son, baseball isn't the same game I grew up with." How many of us have had our father sit down and tell us how pitchers once finished the games that they started, players played hurt, and ballparks were these colossal cathedrals that did not turn pop-ups into home runs as today's bandboxes do today?

Dad is right. Today's game is different from the one he grew up with. That said, today's game is also different than the one we grew up with as well. The game has gone through a series of changes in the form of ballparks, skill sets, and drug levels to evolve into a different game than it was even five years ago. For one, just look at the amount of runs that are scored a game these days compared to 20 years ago.

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