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1. Love the low score/high tension. My favorite kind of game (although less than five hours would be fine with me).
2. Agree with Moe--i would want EVERY one of my infielders to hold the tag on EVERY relevant play. Don't see how this is different from trying to throw out a runner at the plate tagging up on a fly ball. What this held tag play really does is expose the dramatic decline in skills in sliding. I have to believe this is seldom if ever taught anymore as players develop. And the dead giveaway is the prevalence of the head first dive.
3. Jack is hardly flawless--but how is he such a master at bullpen construction?