With baseball’s new speed-up rules in place, the Cubs dispose of the Phillies, 4 – 0, in a brisk 2:29. Cubs’ P Frank Castillo says, “It wasn’t the rule about throwing a pitch in 12 seconds since I usually throw in five seconds.”

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On July 28, 1995 — With baseball’s new speed-up rules in place, the Cubs dispose of the Phillies, 4 – 0, in a brisk 2:29. Cubs’ P Frank Castillo says, “It wasn’t the rule about throwing a pitch in 12 seconds since I usually throw in five seconds.”

 

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