Baseball Toaster was unplugged on February 4, 2009.
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1) using profanity or any euphemisms for profanity
2) personally attacking other commenters
3) baiting other commenters
4) arguing for the sake of arguing
5) discussing politics
6) using hyperbole when something less will suffice
7) using sarcasm in a way that can be misinterpreted negatively
8) making the same point over and over again
9) typing "no-hitter" or "perfect game" to describe either in progress
10) being annoyed by the existence of this list
11) commenting under the obvious influence
12) claiming your opinion isn't allowed when it's just being disagreed with
Far away from the action, I feel the warmth and glow of a new season.
The Dodgers are an East Coast institution.
There's no major-league baseball in California.
No live radio, except on the weekends.
No live television, except in a blue moon.
No idea of what the players look like or of what shape they're in, except from static newspaper images or news(reel) footage.
No idea of what hot-shot rookie (insert name like Franklin Gutierrez) looks like at all.
Pitchers pitch and hitters hit without guarantees; they need this job.
The smell of the grass, the crack of ball against bat and glove, are felt only in imagination.
For an audience far away from the action, writers write about the warmth and glow of a new season.
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