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How Bugs Drive Baseball Batty
John Garrity
August 18, 1986
Because God made the baseball season and the insect season concurrent, the game's lore is rich in tales of flying, buzzing, biting, fluttering creepy-crawly things
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August 18, 1986

How Bugs Drive Baseball Batty

Because God made the baseball season and the insect season concurrent, the game's lore is rich in tales of flying, buzzing, biting, fluttering creepy-crawly things

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The arachnids were also out in force in the press box. Spiders dangled from the fluorescent lights, they scampered on the walls, they spun webs under the press table. But bugaphobes can take comfort in knowing that with the revitalized Indians drawing bigger crowds, the situation may now have improved slightly over last season, when Brewers coach Larry Haney was able to offer this explanation of why Cleveland led the league in bugs: "There's no one in the stands to kill them."

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