Picking Nits
Smoking, league rules, baseball strategy, chronology, and framing
In the discussion (9)
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- Jimmy not smoking and the general absence of cigarettes in 1945 are questioned.
- Trading Kit after the regular season, the absence of playoff detail, her workload, and the Peaches reaching Game Seven without key players are questioned.
- Racine not intentionally walking Dottie with first base open is called the largest strategy error.
- Dottie batting fifth is rejected for a league-leading player.
- Jimmy's plaque saying he lived until 1987 is doubted given his alcoholism and health.
- A dirty catcher's mitt placed on clean clothes and the grandchildren's double dribbling are criticized.
- The first four minutes are considered unnecessary.
- Mae and Doris being amazed by Dottie's barehanded catch at professional tryouts is questioned.
- The home-plate collision uses visibly inconsistent angles.