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A baseball tradition worth bringing back?

Some of the players say the bullpen is like a big aquarium and the pitchers are on display.

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Some of the players say the bullpen is like a big aquarium and the pitchers are on display.
By The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Oct 24, 2016

Long before the days when relievers made dramatic entrances to a theme song there was one thing baseball fans could look forward to: the bullpen car.

The car came in many forms: car, cart and motorcycle. Even the Braves fell to the trend:

The bullpen car saw a glimpse of a return in 2015, when baseball's game pace committee - led by the Braves' John Schuerholz - entertained the idea in order to shorten game times.

The benefits were outweighed by other concerns.

Would you like to see it return?

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