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Taccolini better off ignoring radar gun

FAYETTEVILLE -- Motorists ambushed in speed traps aren't the only ones detesting radar guns. Some college baseball coaches loathe them, too.

Dave Van Horn likely is among those who loathe the contraptions, although his stadium has its own radar gun.

Baum Stadium, where Van Horn's Arkansas Razorbacks play, is among what is becoming a majority of ballparks posting each pitch's speed on the scoreboard.

Fans love seeing the velocity posted. Of course Van Horn and his fellow coaches love attracting fans.

But those posted 90-plus mph pitches attracting fans' attention can distract some pitchers from what they do best.