No. This is a hoax.
If they need more scoring, why not start the first inning with the bases loaded?
If they need to shorten the games, change the length to 7 innings.
Stupid rule change....
It’s not about more scoring, but rather tied extra inning games going 15+ innings, taking forever, and depleting a team, to where they’ll have starters pitching the 18th inning and pinch hitting.
This idea is still really stupid though.
That would get me to start watching more. This idea is insane.
I was at a minor league game in Lynchburg, Virginia back in the seventies. It was a double-header, so the games were 7-inning games.
The stadium had a small foul area behind home plate, and the press box was near even with the field above the seats.
The game was going badly for the home team, a farm team for the Mets. All the umpire calls weren’t going their way. The game was running long.
A little better than halfway through the first game, the homeplate umpire looks up to the press box and points to his wrist as if to say, “What time it it?” I guess he was concerned about getting dinner.
The guy in the press box hollars down, “It’s the fifth inning!” Everyone was laughing hysterically.