MLB rule changes. Your thoughts?

[bullgator]

Abner Doubleday's game was perfect just like it was. This isn't baseball anymore. It's become some kind of monetized joke.

Like all pro sports. The thing is, they’re losing us long time and old school fans. They younger and new fans will accept this and be fine with any changes…….until they get older. That’s across all pro, and soon to be college, sports.

 

[Doboy Dawg]

 

[ucfireman]

I’d guess a machine will be calling balls and strikes soon

There was talk last year of AI stuff and replays on the strike zone. I think they are playing with it in the minors.

 

[gobbleinwoods]

There was talk last year of AI stuff and replays on the strike zone. I think they are playing with it in the minors.

What they are playing with in the minors is the computer calling balls and strikes. At least that is what I read somewhere.

 

[elfiii]

Like all pro sports. The thing is, they’re losing us long time and old school fans. They younger and new fans will accept this and be fine with any changes…….until they get older. That’s across all pro, and soon to be college, sports.

That's why this year I'll likely be down to College football as far as team sports go and once NIL trashes that this year I'll be able to 100% focus on hunting and fishing.

 

[BornToHuntAndFish]

Going to take some time to get use to the new MLB changes.

 

[elfiii]

Like all pro sports. The thing is, they’re losing us long time and old school fans. They younger and new fans will accept this and be fine with any changes…….until they get older. That’s across all pro, and soon to be college, sports.

I doubt it. They have never lived during a time when any team sport was played according to the original rules so they have no clue what the difference is. Reckon any of them could sit through 25 innings and 8 hours even if they have plenty of beer and a full charge on their cell phone? 90% of them would walk after the top half of the 10th.

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[bullgator]

I doubt it. They have never lived during a time when any team sport was played according to the original rules so they have no clue what the difference is. Reckon any of them could sit through 25 innings and 8 hours even if they have plenty of beer and a full charge on their cell phone? 90% of them would walk after the top half of the 10th.

The longest games in MLB history

One of the many great things about baseball is that time can never run out. In baseball, a comeback is always possible. The game's not over until you get the 27th out -- or, sometimes, a lot more than that. Extra-inning games are nothing unusual in Major League Baseball, of

www.mlb.com

Then let me clarify…..they’ll accept it enough to keep the leagues going because they won’t know the purer forms of the games.

 

[elfiii]

Then let me clarify…..they’ll accept it enough to keep the leagues going because they won’t know the purer forms of the games.

Yep. Who cares about us Boomers and our old school ways anyhow?

 

[walukabuck]

Watching the braves right now. 4 innings in the books in one hour. I like it, the game is moving along with some flow. Now the talk of shortening college football games I don't like, those are long because of television. You spend most of your time in the stands waiting on a football game to break out.

 

[DAWG1419]

Watching the braves right now. 4 innings in the books in one hour. I like it, the game is moving along with some flow. Now the talk of shortening college football games I don't like, those are long because of television. You spend most of your time in the stands waiting on a football game to break out.

Wait till you see them run the clock when they have an incomplete pass in college. That’s one of the things being discussed

 

[Doboy Dawg]

At this rate of MLB wokeness the Savannah Bananas are the future of MLB. Do away with extra innings altogether. Both teams get a trophy at the end of the game. The first 1,000 fans get a bobble head doll.

We need a super wild card expanded playoff that allows the Cuban and Japanese teams in.

While they’re at it just bring back the cardboard Covid fans and let every team play a abbreviated schedule like OSU

Give the umpires 3 minute egg timers, 3 batters 3 minutes for each team, that’ll speed the game up.

I think I’d rather go to our local rec park and watch a tee ball game. At least those kids want to play!