You Want to Walk Someone? Throw Four Pitches

So Major League Baseball is strongly considering yet more alteration to the national pastime. Enough is enough. Would it kill pitchers to just throw four wide ones?

So Major League Baseball is strongly considering yet more alteration to the national pastime. Enough is enough. Would it kill pitchers to just throw four wide ones?
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