Posted on 09/08/2022 6:22:26 PM PDT by SpeedyInTexas
Major League Baseball will implement a pitch clock and ban defensive shifts beginning in the 2023 season, people familiar with the matter said, an attempt to quicken pace of play and reinvigorate offenses as a means of combating the sport’s faded appeal with fans.
An 11-person joint committee that includes four active players recommended the changes. Former Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox executive Theo Epstein served as an adviser to the committee. The league also will increase the size of bases by three inches, a measure it believes will reduce collisions and injuries.
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MLB needs a lot more help than that. Analytics ruined the game I grew up with. Everything is HRs, walks, and strikeouts. The game has been near an all-time low for On-Base percentage (OBP) for several years now.
Universal DH. Show stopper.
And quit bending the knee to the rainbow mafia.
No “Pride Month” special uniforms.
9 athletic types playing the field and 9 overweight “Babe Ruth” types swinging for the fences at the plate. I might actually watch again if that takes place.
The DH is a complete bastardization of the game...
always has been, always will be...
but I live in Pittsburgh, so it really doesn’t matter what rule changes they make to the play fo the game.. we have an owner who has absolutely no interest or intention of fielding a winning team, so no reason to even pay attention to baseball.
3 decades, the ownership has shown it just doesn’t care, so why should anyone else.
When MLB forces Nutting to sell the team, and institutes a salary cap, that’s when I’ll believe they really care in any way about the game as a whole.
Prices are horrendous.
That trend started with pink balls, bats and gloves to encourage donations for breast cancer.
Right away I could see the subtle pressure the players would be under to wear the ‘supportive’ color of the day.
One thing led to another, and now some players get almost penalized if they decide not to wear something with a rainbow. The media pretends to be shocked and baffled why someone would not chose to don the ‘gay’ apparel.
Since 1973.
Ban defensive shifts?
Insanity worse than the designated hitter!
Yes this will save and re-kindle interest in baseball
/massive sarc
Here’s an idea for the MLB; stop capitulating and supporting BLM, LGBQT and gender dystopia drag queen pride events and sex changes for young children. Do these things and I may watch a pro baseball game again. I’m sure I’m not the only one that would like the MLB to put Godly morals back in play.
Ron Blomberg
all band-aids
tickets are way too expensive
players are just not good
Absolutely! Thank you!
Absolutely! Thank you!
Don’t need a shift rule ... batters should just learn to place hit ... hit ‘em where they ain’t ...
I enjoyed baseball in my youth, as I aged it appealed to me less. The playoffs last a month, the playoff games and World Series often run into late night on the East Coast. Who wants to watch baseball at midnight ? Stick a fork in baseball, it’s done and good riddance.
“The DH is a complete bastardization of the game...”
Yes, it is a bastardization but, in my view, a good bastardization. I like offense. The more of it, the more exciting the game is. Pitchers should not hit and hitters should not pitch. Same for football when it comes to offense. 3 yards and a cloud of dust does not do it for me. But bring on the fireworks of a long passing game and a Pat Mahomes and a 52 to 47 game and I’m dumb and happy.
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