RoBoT uMpS nOw!!!!!!!
RoBoT uMpS nOw!!!!!!!
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Rob Manfred hates baseball part 11:
Removing the DH once the starting pitcher is pulled?
Moving the pitching rubber back one foot?
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2021/...ic-league.html
The “double-hook” designated hitter rule will be in place for the entirety of the 2021 Atlantic League season. Under the new rule, a team will lose its designated hitter once the starting pitcher is pulled from the game. From that point forth, the team will need to either deploy a pinch-hitter or allow a relief pitcher to bat in what was the designated hitter’s place.
Within its release, MLB indicates that their analysis concluded a one-foot increase “would be the minimum interval needed to evaluate a change in mound distance,” adding that the change is “expected to be meaningful without being disruptive.” The goal, as readers have surely deduced, is to curb the league’s rising strikeout rate and increase the number of balls in play.
The DH rule will eliminate the concept of Openers. It will also make the tiny managerial brains short circuit. LOL!
Kimmi will call me a traditionalist because I don’t like the 7 inning double headers nor the extra inning rule.
Question: Does a pitcher get charged for an earned run if the free runner scores? If the free runner scores and his team loses, does he get tagged with the loss.
My cousin is a pitcher who despises this rule almost as much as I do when a batter flinches at an offspeed pitch and the first base ump calls the appeal a swing (when it's barely even a check-swing). Does the MLB really want to cut down on strike-outs? Eliminate the check-the-check and force umps to call it a ball unless the batter turns his wrists over -- like it was 50 years ago.
Though I don't hate either the 7 inning double headers nor the runner on 2B to start extra inning rule as much as I did when the ideas were first presented, I still prefer not to have either. I think I am very much a traditionalist when it comes to the way the game is played. I really dislike the opener. As far as I can recall, the only new rule that I like is the rule about relievers having to face a minimum of 3 batters.
One thing I've noticed that seems strange is that the Canadian sports channels are showing hardly any MLB games outside of Jays games this year. They used to show a pile of other games.
That and the fact the Red Sox are playing so well is going to push me into an Extra Innings subscription.
Championships since purchase by John Henry group: Red Sox 4 Yankees 1
The Red Sox are 8-1 in their last 9 postseason games against the Yankees.