What a stupid rule. Wild pitches, opportunities to steal, a batter who may want to swing anyway....
Baseball.
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Wild pitches, opportunities to steal, a batter who may want to swing anyway....
how often do any of the things you’ve referenced actually occur...?
And there is always the issue that sometimes a pitcher loses his rhythm after throwing 4 straight balls and sometimes unintentionally walks the next batter. Stupid rule change. And it takes almost no time to intentionally walk a a batter.