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re: Rules you'd like to see changed in baseball

Posted on 6/1/25 at 5:52 am to
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
102530 posts
Posted on 6/1/25 at 5:52 am to
Ban the shift.
Posted by RemouladeSawce
Uranus
Member since Sep 2008
15603 posts
Posted on 6/1/25 at 5:55 am to
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The umps create the zone. Hitters and pitchers adjust.
Until umps decide mid-game there’s a new zone or they’re not going to call it the same both ways

Enjoy them calling games now, this is their final hurrah
Posted by RemouladeSawce
Uranus
Member since Sep 2008
15603 posts
Posted on 6/1/25 at 5:57 am to
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No ghost runner. I mean what in the hell.
Regulation play is 9 innings. If neither team can put the other away in that window, nothing wrong with a 162-game regular season having a more expeditious form of tiebreaker than before

As much as many would like to pretend otherwise, 12-inning games in the middle of the summer aren’t romantic
This post was edited on 6/1/25 at 6:06 am
Posted by LSURoss
Dragon Believer
Member since Dec 2007
16168 posts
Posted on 6/1/25 at 6:12 am to
So you can just matchup batters vs pitchers and switch them out throughout the game?

Let them warm up everytime?

That sounds lame as frick.
Posted by GetCocky11
Calgary, AB
Member since Oct 2012
53405 posts
Posted on 6/1/25 at 6:47 am to
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and get rid of the pitch clock.


The pitch clock is one of the best things baseball has done.
Posted by Willie Stroker
Member since Sep 2008
14662 posts
Posted on 6/1/25 at 6:53 am to
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The umps create the zone. Hitters and pitchers adjust.

Right. If we have technology to be more consistent, having humans that are tasked with enforcing the rules also arbitrarily altering the strike zone at any time should not be part of the game.

That would be like having cops lowering the speed limit whenever they feel like it, despite posted speed limits. Yet in baseball, retards suggest - that’s part of the game.
Posted by Ostrich
Alexandria, VA
Member since Nov 2011
9690 posts
Posted on 6/1/25 at 7:02 am to
Steroids should be legal
Posted by icecreamsnowball
Member since Mar 2025
260 posts
Posted on 6/1/25 at 7:33 am to
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I agree with you but it would result in a vastly reduced offense.


You have this backwards. Batters would now actually know what the strike zone is.
Posted by Floating Change Up
Member since Dec 2013
12499 posts
Posted on 6/1/25 at 7:58 am to
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No action shall be taken against a pitcher that retaliates with gas to the ribs of a player that excessively pimps a home run in his next at bat.


The outcry by the judge dick suckers and news outlets every time any NYY douche got hit by a pitch would break the internet.
Posted by Tigeralum2008
Yankees Fan
Member since Apr 2012
17444 posts
Posted on 6/1/25 at 8:03 am to
Remove the foul ball screens down the lines
Posted by TackySweater
Member since Dec 2020
20910 posts
Posted on 6/1/25 at 8:03 am to
U bEtTeR nOt mEsS WiTh mUh uNwRiTtEn RuLeZ
This post was edited on 6/1/25 at 8:04 am
Posted by Ponchy Tiger
Ponchatoula
Member since Aug 2004
47764 posts
Posted on 6/1/25 at 8:09 am to
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That’s baseball.


When I hear someone use this phrase I automatically know they are a dumb arse and pretty much ignore anything they say after that.

It is no different than someone saying "that is just the way it is"

It tells that person isn't very intelligent and cannot explain or understand something and is trying to change the subject rather than have a discussion on a topic.
Posted by concrete_tiger
Member since May 2020
7296 posts
Posted on 6/1/25 at 8:25 am to
The use of armor by players. It's like American football vs. Aussie rules.

Some baseball players need their own squire to suit them up and help them take it off after a hit. They need a little push cart to carry it all.
Posted by BestBanker
Member since Nov 2011
18317 posts
Posted on 6/1/25 at 8:26 am to
All players must add to chatter process at least 3xs per inning. You lose 1 post game bubble gum per infraction.
Posted by ifyoubuildit
Member since Jan 2018
266 posts
Posted on 6/1/25 at 8:38 am to
Laser system for fair/foul calls for HR over foul poles and GB over 3B.
Posted by bigjuice56
Ponchatoula, LA
Member since Mar 2009
1135 posts
Posted on 6/1/25 at 8:40 am to
I disagree - a strikeout is counted as a putout for the catcher. If the catcher doesn't catch the ball, they don't complete the play/out.
Posted by Roaad
White Privilege Broker
Member since Aug 2006
79601 posts
Posted on 6/1/25 at 8:44 am to
Bear traps in the outfield
Posted by Rouge
Floston Paradise
Member since Oct 2004
137828 posts
Posted on 6/1/25 at 8:48 am to
The baseline, as defined the direct line between one base and the subsequent base, has full right of access by the base runner. Any defensive player that impedes access to the base does so at their own risk.

I define the baseline as so because I know that a baseline can technically be defined by the runner's path.
Posted by JerryTheKingBawler
South of Memphis
Member since Jan 2023
5506 posts
Posted on 6/1/25 at 9:52 am to
Man, Nolan Ryan would’ve made you kids cry. I bet you think present day NBA is the best era in any sport and Lebron is the greatest athlete in sports history.
Posted by Volsfan82169
Spring Hill, TN
Member since Aug 2016
3545 posts
Posted on 6/1/25 at 11:45 am to
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quote: The uncaught strike 3 rule.
This x1,000,000,000...It maybe is an unpopular opinion, but why does the catcher factor in on whether the batter strikes out or not...I never did get that. "But muh, it's always been that way" doesn't make it correct or right imo


That would make it the only out (other than an interference call) where the ball doesn’t have to be caught to record the out. I know people see it as a punishment to the pitcher, but imagine a grounder in the hole. SS makes a great play and throw, only for the first baseman to drop it. Should that be an out? Of course not.
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