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10-03-2014, 10:06 AM #1
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New Baseball Rules
Well, yesterday I tried to post about the new rules that MLB will be trying out in the AZ Fall League, ostensibly to speed up The Game. I had links, quotes, commentary, etc., and then my computer ate it. I don't have the energy to do it again...but I wanted to solicit some input, anyway.
When a manager signals for an intentional walk, the batter-runner will take First without the pitcher tossing any wide ones. (I don't like this, personally, because it eliminates the possibility that the battery will screw up and let base-runners advance or even a runner from Third to score.)
Time-outs will be limited, and a 20-second pitch clock will be enforced.
The batter will not be permitted to leave the box except in the event of a wild pitch or foul ball - no more taking a fifteen-second walk because you didn't like the umpire's call on that last pitch.
Those were the main ones, as I recall. What do you think?Jeff
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