Never mind that stupidity in whatever minor-minor-minor league they're dicking around with mound distance during the backend of their season.

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

The mentally challenged and people who wouldn't know a horsefly from an infield fly.

Never mind that stupidity in whatever minor-minor-minor league they're dicking around with mound distance during the backend of their season.

Selig looks better every day.

Awful idea.


I wouldn't be surprised if they went back on that before next year.

Yea, that's an independent league doing that as Julie "always prepared" DiCaro found out live on the air when she said its stupid to have different rules for guys trying to make the MLB


When told it was an unaffiliated independent league, she said "well guys are still trying to make the majors even if they never do"

They do and it's not that rare.

Affiliation, or lack thereof, has nothing to do with how idiotic the idea is.

Have it graduated. 3 batter minimum from 1st-7th. 2 batters in 8th. 1 in 9th. Go back to 3 batters in extras.

This could add strategy. Your best reliever might come in the 7th tied or up 1. And he might very well stay right through the game. Just as God intended. Better for the health of the bullpen arms not being up throwing 4 or 5 games a week.

Are you stoned or pissed off, or both, when you create these postings?

Along those lines, I was thinking this might make it more likely that managers start the game with a reliever, and then have the starter come in later.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

Bully Hendry would have signed Harper for 2.5 Billion over 30 years

I wish they'd just stop fucking with the game.

for decades, not one rule change. Why now?

Major League Baseball has made official a rule change that many purists were dreading: Pitchers will have to face a minimum of three hitters before their team can make a pitching change.

The three-bat minimum had long been talked about coming to MLB this season, but the league spelled out the specifics Wednesday:

The Official Baseball Rules have been amended to require the starting or any relief pitcher to pitch to a minimum of three batters, including the batter then at bat (or any substitute batter), until such batters are put out or reach base, or until the offensive team is put out, unless the substitute pitcher sustains injury or illness which, in the umpire crew chief’s judgment, incapacitates him from further play as a pitcher. The three-batter minimum will become effective in 2020 Spring Training beginning on Thursday, March 12th.

Other MLB rule changes for 2020

• Rosters are expanding from 25 to 26 players during the regular season and postseason. With that, there’s a maximum of 13 pitchers.

• R.I.P the 40-man roster. September rosters will be limited to 28 players with a maximum of 14 pitchers.

• Teams can designate “two-way players” who won’t count toward the pitcher limitations on rosters. To qualify, players need at least 20 Major League innings pitched and at least 20 Major League games started as a position player or DH with at least three plate appearances in each of those games. For the first year, player stats from 2018 and 2019 could be used.

• There are some limitations on when a position player can pitch. Now they can only pitch if their team is behind by six or more runs or if a game is in extra innings.

• Managers will now have 20 seconds instead of 30 to challenge a call on the field.

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There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

Are you stoned or pissed off, or both, when you create these postings?

So how does the ump decide if the pitcher has a legit illness or injury? DUMB.

Yes it is.

It's official

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There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

If he ends the inning. If the batter he was brought in to face gets on, he has to face at least two more hitters or record the 3rd out.

Or I suppose he can get "hurt"

All LOOGY's are basically unemployed now.

All LOOGY's are basically unemployed now.

I am not a legal expert, how many times do I have to say it?

were it me, I'd reduce pitchers to 12 and nix the three batter rule. Otherwise I think its "OK."

The slow speed of the game is tied to 2 specific problems 1. commericals 2. too many bullpen changes. Impacting number 2 can only really be addressed by the number of pitchers on the roster. Period.

Riddle me this..pennant race...you have bases loaded, RHP on the mound, (he's only faced two batters so far)...two outs...Yelich coming up to bat..you got a LHP in the bullpen with very good numbers against him, what's going to stop a team from having that pitcher take a "dive" so you can bring in your LHP?

A new rule next year. It will be OK Bob. Not the end of the world.

Riddle me this..pennant race...you have bases loaded, RHP on the mound, (he's only faced two batters so far)...two outs...Yelich coming up to bat..you got a LHP in the bullpen with very good numbers against him, what's going to stop a team from having that pitcher take a "dive" so you can bring in your LHP?

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.