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Post by Victorius Consul on Feb 18, 2023 20:50:07 GMT -5
Curious as to what folks think about the rule changes this season ? H
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Post by Brian Shepard on Feb 18, 2023 20:54:50 GMT -5
I don't like the shift, but I also don't think it should be banned. If you KNOW exactly where someone is going to hit it, you should be able to play defense however you want. Clearly they are hoping to create more action, more stolen bases, and a quicker game. We will see if it leads to a better product.
I assume we will not have a juiced ball in order to promote the "small ball" approach they seem to desire.
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Post by Neil on Feb 18, 2023 23:16:52 GMT -5
I think if players didn't like the shift, then they should've learned how to hit to the opposite field. I haven't seen anything that says that teams can't move a left fielder to short right to create a shift and still have the SS and 3B still on the left side of the second base bag.
I'm all for the pitch clock, but I can see it being a factor in the first month of the season, because they will not be implementing the pitch clock for the WBC, so those players will have less time to get used to it in Spring Training.
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Post by tommy on Feb 19, 2023 9:05:08 GMT -5
I think it's great, games were taking way too long. Way too many players can't make contact anymore. Too many full counts, walks, and strikeouts these days. I just don't have the patience to watch a 4 hour game anymore. I can watch the 1st inning, then watch 3 episodes of Breaking Bad, then turn the game back on for the last 2 innings lol. The shift ban should help more guys getting hits and I do agree players should learn to hit opposite field. My son has taken an interest in baseball and loves the Guardians so it's been fun watching him become a baseball fan, faster games help more people actually watch, the game needs younger fans.
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Post by Victorius Consul on Feb 19, 2023 10:31:16 GMT -5
I am Ok with the bigger bases if they allow a few more guys to beat out a throw to first and get on base or steal second. Not fully sure how they will prevent injuries though(maybe someone here can explain that one). Kind of torn on the shift. Guess I will have to see how it plays out. Im in favor of speeding up the game as a lot of baseball fans nowadays have the attention span of a toddler in a room full of toys. Fans cell phones are out the entire game with no one seemingly watching any of the game is a pretty common scene. Without a younger generation of fans the game will fade away. As a baseball history lover even I realize that you must make changes to sustain the product long term H
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2023 18:11:49 GMT -5
I just can't wait to see all the weird position eligibility stuff that's gonna come out of it. Ha!
I'm fine with all of it honestly. I don't mind how long games take, but I hate that the slow pace of games is driving people away from Baseball.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2023 12:21:30 GMT -5
I love all the rules and think they will improve the game. The shift one is the tough one. I wrote an opinion article about how MLB should ban the shift for my college newspaper.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2023 12:21:43 GMT -5
Why Major League Baseball Should Ban the Shift If you watched the world series this past month, or watched this past regular season, or the last decade of baseball, you would realize something looks a little different than it did back when you played in high school. The fielders aren’t playing at their specified positions. The third baseman is supposed to play by third base, not in shallow right field. MLB teams have been adapting to the fact that certain hitters aren’t hitting the ball to certain parts of the field. As a result, defenses are positioned right where the batter hits the ball more times than not. And good for major league teams, you would be a failing franchise if you decided not to shift against certain batters. But MLB as a league needs to make a rule change. Why don’t batters just bunt the ball or hit the ball where the fielders aren’t? This is a good argument, and one may think, “They are major league hitters, the best of the best,” but as pitching velocity and pitching movement continue to increase it is becoming much more difficult to do what Willie Keeler once said and “hit it where they ain’t.” The fact is pitchers are throwing harder than ever. Average fastball velocities are way up, and hitters are having a tough time catching up. To make matters worse for hitters, pitch movement and spin rate are also at an all time high. Pitchers in the MLB today have the option to throw blazing fastballs or a mixture of devastating off-speed pitches that dip and dive at the last second. Why is now the time for change? This year the league wide batting average was .244 and that isn’t an outlier as last year it was .245. That is the sixth lowest batting average all time. The last time it was that low was in 1972. The following year MLB implemented the designated hitter (American League only… for now) to bring up batting average. The only other time it was as low as it was this year, besides during the dead ball era where the ball was much less lively and the game was played a different way, was in 1967 and 1968 which led to the mound being lowered. There is most definitely an offensive production problem in baseball. The solution is simple. You can’t put players in an exact spot, and I am against putting circles on the field to tell players where to stand, that is just not how baseball should be played. The first step is to make all infielders play in the infield. Both feet must be on the infield dirt during the pitch. The other rule that needs to be enforced is having two players on each side of second base. No more overloading the right side against left-handed hitters only for them to sharply ground out to the third baseman sitting in shallow right field between first and second. Baseball will look like it is supposed to. A pitcher, a catcher, two infielders on the left side, two infielders on the right side, and three outfielders.
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Post by willfan on Feb 23, 2023 14:31:48 GMT -5
About shift, look at this:
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Post by Victorius Consul on Feb 23, 2023 20:22:05 GMT -5
Didn’t realize it was that bad but holy crow !
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Post by Brian Shepard on Feb 23, 2023 21:18:07 GMT -5
I want a camera trained on Rob Manfred when some team plays their left fielder in short right field. Haha!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2023 9:19:49 GMT -5
That will be extremely interesting to see how teams push the rule limits. I am excited to see the outfielders move and leave big gaps in the corners.
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Post by Victorius Consul on Feb 25, 2023 17:04:02 GMT -5
Alright I just saw the Red Sox Braves game end on a called strike due to batter not set . Based loaded in a tie game and Braves were up bottom of the 9th . Game over . Everyone went home . Yikes .
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Post by Brian Shepard on Feb 25, 2023 20:09:15 GMT -5
They have to do better than that. Ridiculous!
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Post by willfan on Feb 26, 2023 4:51:00 GMT -5
hope all players adjust soon... wish I didn't see this scene again in other matches or even a World Series game
This one:
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