Category: MLB Rule Changes
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…
Yankees Are One Up And One Down On 2020 Rule Changes
The Yankees are liking the rule changing double-dips to 7-inning games. The man on second extra-innings rule – not so much. They’ll tell us why….
How MLB’s Manufactured Rules Discredit A Game Already Strained
MLB’s manufactured rules to speed up the game go too far when they conflict with in-game strategies that affect the outcome of games. Let me…
MLB 2020 Rule Changes: The Spitter Is Back And Please – No Brawls
Get ready for a host of MLB 2020 rule changes. You’ve heard about most of them, but there are a few that might raise some…
Yoenis Cespedes Hasn’t Earned It But MLB Gives Him With A Last Chance
Yoenis Cespedes was exiled from three teams before he came to the Mets in 2015 to save their season. As DH, he can atone for…
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.
