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Baseball

Oeditpus Rex

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16. Good pitchers do

Reply to StoolPigeon (Reply #12)

Sun Oct 26, 2025, 06:01 AM

Oct 2025

Or, used to. They'd practice getting off the mound quickly to field bunts and toppers.

Yoshi wouldnl't even have had to sprint off the mound to catch that one. Watch a replay.

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