I’ve thought this for a long time. Star Wars is built on the whole idea of epic myth. You move far enough away that the original trilogy itself becomes myth and what can you do?

That’s what I was thinking. We often just get told what to buy, instead of caring if fans want to read it. It’s probably also an easy pitch for writers - no need to fit a bigger narrative if he starts in hiding and ends in hiding.

ISO was published in 1990, Unicode was invented in 1991, U+337B dates to 1993. (Never mind the entirety of the Shōwa era while computers were being invented predating all this.)

Wow that sure sounds like the type of chaos Billy Martin would do! I love it.

I really recall it was the start of a game, and that 86 one was in late extra innings running out of players.

Third option: they just wanted to “own the libs”.

Yeah, like bunt against the shift towards the pitcher standing at third...  it can’t be that easy, can it?

Shifting is so impactful you have a whole fielder to spare.

I vaguely recall a game, around 1990 or so, where a team started a second pitcher in the outfield.

I think the first comment is suggesting that they’d have to check the charts on the pinch hitter and find a position to shift Romo to.  That’s legal - nothing stops you from shifting your 3B into right field for no reason.

Oh I fully understand how they got pranked. Played like a harp in some cases.

I still don’t get how politicians aren’t ahead of this.

If you have to bat your pitcher at that moment, I can see an argument it’s better than having him swing for the fences.

Well at the end of 2011 they certainly didn’t look like a team ready to cash out Beckett, Gonzalez and Crawford to the Dodgers.  So I completely blame 2012 all by itself.

For me, it always triggers memories of Jose Canseco. So not all that much of a problem. :)

Did he try a suicide squeeze? Cause I can at least see an argument that you’ve got an experienced bunter in that situation.

I thought that season was never to be spoken of again.

I feel I need to re-state the obvious,

There is also apparently a bait-and-switch anger from comic shops.

eir website is not written from a 3rd person perspective, but a 1st person perspective. So anybody copying and pasting from eir website ... will have to translate all of the text from first person to third person.