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[Donn Beach]

It's an interesting story be it a long article. This guy Pope who developied it came up with the idea as a kid, he went to college to learn how to build it. Talk about a practical education. And it really is something that can't be accomplished with humans. A guy's arm would fall off trying to pitch that much.

Maybe cut the strikeout rate against relievers a little

The effects appear to be minimal thus far. Leaguewide batting average sits at .242, the third-lowest mark since 1900, behind only 1968 (the year before the mound was lowered) and 1908 (at the heart of the dead ball era). But the strikeout rate against relievers is below 23% -- 22.9%, to be exact -- for the first time in eight years, a subtle decline some have at least partly attributed to the in-game use of Trajekt