stackyFACTSBefore multimillion-dollar contracts and slow-motion replays, the diamond was just a massive pub. Early games were heavily intertwined with local breweries, operating mostly as a thin excuse for crowds to gather in the afternoon and consume horrifying amounts of beer.
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