On Tuesday, New York Yankees lefty Nestor Cortes fell victim to one of the new MLB rules to speed up the game. Watch as he's issued an automatic ball for not establishing eye contact with the batter before pitching...

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Rambler•24 months

So, what happens to the batter if he doesn't make eye contact with the pitcher?

KAGTASTIC•25 months

Stupid freaking rules like aren't going to bring back fans that have walked away. What's next??...the catcher can't shite talk the batter anymore?? Pathetic

ImBatman•25 months

Establish eye contact with the batter. So gay!

EulerRules•25 months

What next? The pitcher is gonna have to throw the batter a kiss, and then ask for permission?

atltiger6487•25 months

ridiculous. Pitcher should be allowed to pitch whenever he's ready. It's the batter's responsibility to be ready at all times. Speed the damn game up!!

Deplorable Duke•25 months

Nobody watches MLB anymore anyway, so let’s piss off the few remaining fans by adding and enforcing some idiotic rule changes. LOL!

bengalman•25 months

It appears the umpire wasn't ready for the pitch. His arse shouldn't be behind the plate. Gets a bad grade instantly!

Woodlands Tigah•25 months

Next up, Umpires issuing balls for using wrong pronouns!

RidiculousHype•25 months

Speed up rules. Guy speeds up. No, not like that!

grizzlylongcut•25 months

Umpires are the biggest pussies in sports.

Tiger1988•25 months

The umpire enforces the rules, they don’t make them. Complain to the competition committee and owners.

I BEG you to go umpire, even little league, for a year where you’re getting paid, then come back and post garbage like this.

jp4lsu•25 months

I don't know man, if you are in the box you have to be ready. So what if the batter spends 8 seconds to get ready, the pitcher cant pitch till the batter looks at him. Then the pitcher gets put on the clock because of a slow batter in the box.

TDFreak•25 months

Guy keeps his head down excessively long, feels like college defenses laying on ball carrier of a HUNH offensive. I thought MLB wanted to speed the game up.

Will Cover•25 months

MLB is really trying to f up their game even more. Stupid rule.

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