Posted on 08/22/2025 6:42:10 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
The World Baseball Classic is coming in 2026.
The pitcher is required to be in the batting order.
No pitch clock.
Game keeps the same rules in extra innings, and it ends when someone wins.
With so many “dot” Indians here, Baseball may start finding itself competing with Cricket.
does anyone really care about this?
The extra innings rules are ridiculous.
Might as well do what they do in Bananaball with the Showdown.
Opening day 2025 had 265 MLB players from 18 other countries and Puerto Rico. Many more in the minors.
don’t forget to introduce male cheerleaders!
If Manfred is uttering this idiocy, the owners are already sold.
They are going to Cracker Barrel baseball. Perfect.
They are trying to respond to the popularity of Banana Ball.
They actually sold out at the White Sox stadium. When is the last time the White Sox sold out a game?
LOL, be funny if Cleveland gets a Cricket team, if they will be called the “Indians”.
Are these the same “baseball traditionalists” who didn’t protest astroturf, the designated hitter, consolidation of the two leagues into a single organization, moving teams from one league to another, regular season inter-league play, getting rid of the four ball intentional walk, and putting the game to a clock?
There’s actual new American cities that want to finance a stadium for a billionaire baseball owner?
Who knew.
What about the logo? Bad ideas are usually accompanied by a logo change.
The logo is merely a symptom of the disease.
No
They might do that, if hey go to a 14 team Playoffs.
Fire him, he has done more to destroy the American pastime than any baseball commissioner in history.
Four eight team leagues would be fine as long as AL and NL remain intact, 4 pennant winners play off for World Series berths, back to 154 games, no wild cards, and the Dodgers back to Brooklyn.
What’s not to like?
Now that they’re playing under the same rules the league breakdowns aren’t as interesting. And getting the 2 team towns playing each other a lot would probably be good for the game. That was one of the big drivers for interleague play in the first place. Getting a more East West alignment like the NHL and NBA makes a lot of business sense. But baseball is so tradition bound I don’t see them pulling it off.
You could still have all those if it went straight regional. And also make Yankees/ Mets Dodgers/ Angels and Cubs/ White Sox real rivalries.
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