Tag: MLB rule changes
MLB: Making The Case For Seven Inning Games – Reflections On Baseball
Half of all MLB pitchers were injured last year. Bullpens are taxed every game. The pitch clock works, but a seven-inning game works better. By…
MLB Shoots Itself In The Foot Again (Scherzer Suspension) – Reflections On Baseball
The 2023 MLB season is off to an impressive start. But it’s all for naught if MLB can’t enforce the “sticky thing” equally and consistently….
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…
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: 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.
