MLB to experiment with moving the pitching rubber back two feet

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Pitchers must face three batters
Mound visits are banned all together
Two infielders are required on each side of second base

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Dumb

No to all of it. I hate to say this, but bring back Selig. Manfried is going to ruin the game.

All of that sucks except for the 20 less seconds between innings.

Forgive my ignorance but in what situation would a pitcher not face 3 batters in an inning?

Or is this a rule to prevent making a pitching change to get 1-2 guys out and then changing again?

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Or is this a rule to prevent making a pitching change to get 1-2 guys out and then changing again?

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Yes. It wouldn't allow a pitcher to come in to face just one batter.

2 feet is pretty significant. Maybe lower the mound or move it back a foot at most. But all that will do is have pitchers try harder to paint the corner resulting in more walks.

Yeah they need to focus on fostering more stars and less on tinkering with a few rules thinking it’s going to solve their problem.

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20 less seconds between innings

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Congratulations. They’ve found a way to remove less than 6 minutes.

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The only rule change I like is the radar assisted umpiring for balls and strikes. The other rule changes either are dumb or unnecessary.

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You don’t want this; trust me. Of all balls called strikes and strikes called balls that are incorrect, Not only do the masses agree with the majority of these calls, but the masses would find it unconscionable to call them technically “correct.”

Examples:
- pitch breaks downward, nicks the front of the strike zone, and hits the dirt. Ump always calls this a ball.
- catcher frames to one side, and pitcher “misses,” nicks the opposite side of the strike zone, and catcher has to reach far across his body to catch the pitch. Called ball.
- batter crouches right as ball is released. Catcher catches ball right in front of his mask. Pitch is technically above strike zone, but called a strike

Pitches like these happen more often than the straight-up wrong calls happen. “Correcting” pitches like these with robots would alter the game in ways that we really don’t want.

So basically we can’t compare pitching stats from that point on cause that is a big change.

Fielders should be able to stand where they want on the field that’s called strategy. 20 seconds between innings, okay whatever. Taking away visits to the mound is like taking timeouts away from any sport.