Category: MLB Rule Changes
MLB: On The Pace Of The Game – Part Three
MLB has taken several steps to improve the pace of the game. While we’ve discussed those rule changes, there’s an area yet to be explored….
MLB: Pace Of The Game And Rule Changes – Part Two
Today’s article about MLB’s ill-advised obsession to speed up the pace of the game has prompted new thoughts that are spurred by readers… Earlier today,…
MLB: Rule Changes That Need To Be Trashed for 2022
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred is obsessed with the “slow” pace of baseball. His answer is to dream up new rules, but many belong in the…
MLB Commentary: The Tinkering With The Game Has To Stop
As with MLB, too much of anything is not healthy, nor is it productive. Good ideas get overwhelmed by bad ones, and it has to…
On MLB And Its Eternal Fight To Level The Playing Field
MLB has long been waging the fight to keep a level playing field between pitchers and hitters. The fact is, though, pitchers are smarter. The…
MLB Answers The Call Taking The First Step To Stop Cheating Pitchers
MLB is witnessing a pitching-dominated year. No one’s saying it aloud, but the inference is pitchers are cheating. It deserves a look. While MLB continues…
MLB: Is The Pitching That Good Or Are Hitters Stubborn And Stupid
MLB is having a season much like 1967-68 when pitching became so dominant the mound was lowered. But is it really the pitchers or hitters?…
MLB: Their All-Time Stupidest Idea – Move The Mound Back 12 Inches
MLB is testing a rule in the Atlantic League that moves the pitching rubber back 12 inches. Enabling stubborn hitters and GMs is not the…
Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona. Not all holes, or games, are created equal.
