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BarrelMan
I agree with Chip Hale. Don’t mess with the game itself. Jeremy Jeffress nearly threw the ball away the other day on an intentional walk, it was tense and exciting. MLB should stop contriving ways to “inject” offense into the game. It makes me sound old and cranky, of which I’m neither, but I don’t want to be telling my kids about how they used to play baseball before the commissioner tried to fix and “improve” the game through micromanagement.
Lance
the game and the rules have constantly evolved through the years dating back to the very start. times change and the game has to adapt to those changes. i may not like the new rules about the home plate collisions but we have them for better or worse. same for second base collisions ….they all used to be part of the game.
BarrelMan
I realize the game has changed over time but the collisions rules you reference were part of the game two years ago until the rules were suddenly changed and fans just had to accept it. Now they are changing the game again, just because they feel like it, not in response to any direct pressure, such as dangerous injuries. What’s next, getting rid of balks because they’re weird?
Lance
replay has changed the way the game is played. no longer do we have five-ten minute arguments with managers turning their caps on backwards and throwing bases with their temper tantrums. now, they simply appeal and the decision is made thousands of miles away in come cases if the call was wrong to change it. that’s a good thing, IMO. rules change in all sports. Batista is 35 years old and grew up with taking out the fielders being part of the game. There are young players growing up now who do not have that culture and over the next 10-15 years, you’ll see those collisions pretty much eliminated.
ThatGuy 2
You sound old and cranky 🙂
woodhead1986
I’m good with doing away with the 4 balls for the intentional pass. Its pointless. And its another bit of fat to trim to get the pace of games quickened and overall game length shortened which will help ratings.
No Soup For Yu!
Remember the last time Harvey convinced someone to let him finish what he started? That sure worked out well.
I get the impression that Harvey seems to think he knows what’s best and doesn’t like taking direction from others.
Ed Charles
Superstitions are for the mentally weak…Either he’s losing his velocity, location or he has something mechanical wrong. Please stop with this superstition GARBAGE !
sascoach2003
Leave the rules alone. I AM old and cranky, so I can say it. In regards to Harvey and deGrom, they remind me of Steve Busby, David Clyde, and tons of other guys who flamed out. Not saying they will, but I think it was Chris Sale and Don Cooper who said the other day that Sale doesn’t throw as hard every pitch, he’s learned how to pitch, not just throw. I think scouts, fans, front offices, get enamored with kids who can throw 102, and they just keep pushing, to the extent the arm injuries we’re seeing, or mechanical breakdowns, etc. Maddux showed you don’t have to throw, you can pitch and be successful. Just an observation from an old set of eyes…
chesteraarthur
Unfortunately very few pitchers have that type of elite command that Maddux possessed.
Lance
And that’s why Maddux is one of the all time greats. Warren Spahn didn’t overpower people, either. He had, like Maddux, a good assortment of pitches he could throw to spots for strikes. If Sale has learned to pitch….GREAT. He’ll enjoy a great career.