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Matt Musal
I would like to know his thoughts about the Rays stadium issues. Not to mention the new rules about catchers and home plate.
Bill Lloyd
Get him to move the Brewers back to the AL and the Astros back to the NL !!
Ruthlessly Absurd
Speeding up the game would be nice. Make a rule that pitchers have to pitch to at least two batters to get rid of the absurd LOOGY slowdown, limit time pitchers take between pitchers and batter step-outs
stl_cards16
I don’t mind the LOOGY’s. They’re no different than a platoon on offense and is a strategic part of the game. Batters stepping out between every pitch and adjusting their batting gloves should definitely be eliminated. How about a rule that you can’t throw to first (or any base with a runner) more than once per AB?
Dock_Elvis
The pitcher tosses to first before going home…. that gives the runner a distinct advantage…he can then run on movement.
stl_cards16
Meh true. Bad idea. Haha
Ruthlessly Absurd
Yes but platoons don’t take time. Pitching changes do. I know they’re a strategic part of the game, but man are they a slow, annoying one. Particularly for someone who watched LaRussa’s Cardinals.
BlueSkyLA
What a boon that would be for base-runners. And I think you’d get less of the batters backing out of the box between pitches if the pitchers weren’t given essentially an unlimited amount of time to deliver a pitch.
BlueSkyLA
Speeding up the game would be a nice goal, but unfortunately they are going in the opposite direction with the official reviews. Even plays that aren’t reviewed stop the game while the review request decision is being made by the managers. That entire process needs to be tightened up. I would like to see a limit on the amount of time the pitcher can hold onto the ball between pitches.
saidin09
Want to improve the game for younger fans? On a full slate of games, have only 13 out of 15 games start no later than 4 pm eastern. Having only one or 2 night games makes those games special. West coast type( 10:35 pm eastern)starts should be limited to weekend series. Baseball plays about 5000 games between all ballclubs, no reason why 500 of those can’t be morning am starts.