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Baseball is going down the drain. Don't ask why, just wave goodbye, Baseball WeeklyBlame it on the juiced baseball. Blame it on the juiced players. Blame it on the shrinking strike zone. Blame it on the shrinking pitching talent pool. Blame it on the easy-to-hit new ballparks. Blame it on the easy-to-see baseball. Blame it on all the new bat companies. Blame it on all the underground steroid use. "Hell, blame it on global warming," …

…are in favor of raising the mound to 14 inches, baseball is in no hurry to lend a helping hand to the pitchers. "I don't like adjusting rules or changing rules," commissioner Bud Selig says. "I know we did it in '69, but I'd rather not do that." So get used to it, folks. The long ball is here to stay, forever ingrained in the new era of baseball tradition. Bibliography it was from longball.com