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The Cold War & Pitch Counts: Why our mistakes on the mound mirror mistakes from the battlefield

Posted on July 16, 2022August 14, 2022 by Andrew Parks

The date was March 8, 1965. After careful consideration, the United States finally decided to make a manpower commitment to the growing escalation in Vietnam. Over the past decade, tensions between the North and South Vietnam – as distinguished by the demilitarized “17th Parallel” zone – had grown into guerrilla warfare.

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