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Tomorrow, Sept. 1, rosters will be allowed to expand in the major leagues all the way up to 40 men.
In a sport with plenty of dumb rules and traditions, this one seems created by Larry as told to Moe and implemented by Curly.
Here is how you know it is stupid: If the rule didn’t exist and you proposed it today, the 30 general managers would laugh you out of the room. Yet a mechanism that trashes logic, strategy, fairness and integrity remains because of a toxic brew of tradition, laziness and partisanship. In interviews this week — in a sport in which it is hard to find consensus on anything — I heard pretty much unanimity that the rule is archaic and needs to be fixed.
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