While most baseball parks are up to speed, there's plenty of market left in the NFL and NBA, where only a handful of venues have made the switch.

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Meanwhile, volunteers have stepped in to help rebuild a group of baseball parks just in time for the spring season, and the town's three major industries have also vowed to rebuild and remain.

ECONOMIST: Dumas fends for itself

Other possible causes include hitters muscling themselves up as never before during the off-season, the creation of smaller baseball parks and a general decline in the quality of pitching (every time there is an expansion of the leagues, the theory goes, the pitching talent pool is stretched thin, and batters have a field day, so to speak).

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There are also programs that reach out into the community to do improvements or maintenance to public facilities like baseball fields, courthouses and parks.

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They went to amusement parks and zoos and baseball games.

NEWYORKER: Town of Cats