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Sure. But, just because they don't doesn't mean then can't. I dont know if that comes from the managers or the players but you wouldnt have to do it long to get them to stop with the shift BS.Ever see Felix Millan in the 70s?
He would choke half way up the bat and slap it through the hole. If you have half the infield open, you should be able to consistently slap it through
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I thought it was to give a little more room for runner's and fielder's feet to reduce foot injuries.Why make the bases a half inch wider?
Will more batters beat out a hit if they have an extra half inch?
Will steals be easier if the bag is a half inch wider?
This should have been tested out in the minors to see if it makes a difference
But half an inch?I thought it was to give a little more room for runner's and fielder's feet to reduce foot injuries.
Not much, maybe they wanted more but it was cartoonish. At any rate, when are they going to move the pitcher's mound back a couple of feet to increase the number of hits?But half an inch?
Not much room
Thank Barack I stopped watching baseball a decade agoChanges for next year…
DH in the National League- After 50 years of making the Pitcher hit, they have finally sold out
Pitch Clock- i approve
Make bases a half inch wider- Who cares?
Ban Shift- Why not ban the Curve Ball to help batters who can’t hit it?
I'll agree with the DH though for the life of me Im not sure why teams just allowed pitchers to not be able to hit. Many didnt even try. You dont have to be Ohtani but you dont have to be an auto out either. Fuck learn to bunt at least. Its not like baseball isnt your job or something.The universal DH is probably a good idea. Watching pitchers flail at the ball serves no good purpose. Better to have nine offensive players in the batting order than 8.
Time clock is a good idea; they should do a better job of forcing the batters to stay in the [fucking] batter's box between pitches.
The defensive shift is evil. Batters are trained from T-ball to try to hit line drives up the middle, but the Shift makes this an easy out. Very perverse. The shift cost Albert Pujols 50 points off his average. When told to change his swing, he said, in effect, "Fuck you."
Other sports have changed rules to make the game more fan-friendly but baseball has resisted that tendency, thinking that it has to remain faithful to the historical game.
The one thing that MLB has to do, seriously, is to structure the competition so that as many teams as possible have at least a statistical chance of winning the World Series, as late in the season as possible. If 60% of the teams still can make the playoffs on September 15th, that is fantastic for MLB.
Why ignore it? It's not like these guys were drafted and couldnt hit a baseball. They were likely one of the best hitters on whatever team they played on most of their life. It's not like you have to spend 8-10 hours a day to maintain being a serviceable hitter. Again, you don't have to be Ohtani, but you don't have to be an auto out either. 4-5 hours a week in the cage isnt that big a deal if it's your job. Pitchers have been ALLOWED to suck at hitting because no one wanted to hold them to it. Put the ball in play. At least make them field the ball. It's bullshit that these guys cant hit they just dont want to bother with being able to hit.Consider the following comparison: A pitcher working his way up through the minors progresses on his ability to throw and pitch, period. Nobody cares whether he can hit, run, or field his position. A position player moves up through the minors based on his ability to hit, run, field, and throw. So when they get to the majors, unless they are a defensive wizard at Short, they can hit. They have progressed through several layers of competition based on their hitting ability.
Expecting a pitcher to be able to hit as well (or even nearly as well) as a position player is absurd when their progress through the ranks has completely ignored any ability to hit. It's like expecting a randomly chosen good high school player to face major league pitching. No wonder pitchers can't hit.
Specialists Have Special PrivilegesWhy ignore it? It's not like these guys were drafted and couldnt hit a baseball. They were likely one of the best hitters on whatever team they played on most of their life. It's not like you have to spend 8-10 hours a day to maintain being a serviceable hitter. Again, you don't have to be Ohtani, but you don't have to be an auto out either. 4-5 hours a week in the cage isnt that big a deal if it's your job. Pitchers have been ALLOWED to suck at hitting because no one wanted to hold them to it. Put the ball in play. At least make them field the ball. It's bullshit that these guys cant hit they just dont want to bother with being able to hit.
No, it really isn't. All these guys grew up being able to absolutely smash the ball. (or the vast vast majority of them did) They don't have to develop the ability to swing the bat correctly just maintain it. Being able to hit a baseball is a perishable skill, but once you have it you dont have to take hours and hours of BP every day to maintain it. Position players don't spend 4-5 hours a day working on their swing. And again, they don't need to be the best hitter on the team, just not an automatic out. How many hours would it take for you to learn to not bunt like a retard? No one is asking for them to be the 2-4 hitter, but you could put the bat on the ball and make the infield make a play.Specialists Have Special Privileges
That's like expecting a field-goal kicker to be able to pass and run. I'm not going to dignify with an answer the expected Low-IQ kind of thinking on the Nextrix that would ask, "What if there's a bad snap?"
The reason baseball has much lower first-place winning percentages than football or basketball is that the quarterback and the center are the same practically every game, while pitchers have a rotation. Pitching is that much more important.
Birth Privileges Are the Death of a NationNo, it really isn't. All these guys grew up being able to absolutely smash the ball. (or the vast vast majority of them did) They don't have to develop the ability to swing the bat correctly just maintain it. Being able to hit a baseball is a perishable skill, but once you have it you dont have to take hours and hours of BP every day to maintain it. Position players don't spend 4-5 hours a day working on their swing. And again, they don't need to be the best hitter on the team, just not an automatic out. How many hours would it take for you to learn to not bunt like a retard? No one is asking for them to be the 2-4 hitter, but you could put the bat on the ball and make the infield make a play.
And pitchers arent nearly as important to a baseball team as a QB is to a football team. No one has won a WS based purely on the fact that they had one guy who was unhittable.
This isnt about being a specialist it's about being a Primadonna.
They already do!The Pinko Sox Could Play Havana
Instead, I'd like to see part of the interleague games have the same local rivalry every season: Yankees against Mets, etc. The same with football:
Well...they had to make the rules uniform between the leagues. If the choice is make pitchers bat in the AL or get the DH in the NL...I think they did the right thing.
Did they ever limit the number of visits a catcher can make to the mound? I remember the year the Houston Asterisks won the World Series....the catcher was going out there like every time there was a new batter.
I think this is jumping the shark. If you're in the major leagues, you should be able to hit to the opposite field with enough dexterity that you pose at least a vague threat that you can.
Many of them never touched a bat after college...I recall that ALL minor leagues now use a DH.Why ignore it? It's not like these guys were drafted and couldnt hit a baseball. They were likely one of the best hitters on whatever team they played on most of their life. It's not like you have to spend 8-10 hours a day to maintain being a serviceable hitter. Again, you don't have to be Ohtani, but you don't have to be an auto out either. 4-5 hours a week in the cage isnt that big a deal if it's your job. Pitchers have been ALLOWED to suck at hitting because no one wanted to hold them to it. Put the ball in play. At least make them field the ball. It's bullshit that these guys cant hit they just dont want to bother with being able to hit.
Are you on some sort of mind-altering chemicals?Birth Privileges Are the Death of a Nation
The fact that you believe in nurture rather than nature sounds like you'd be in favor of players being allowed to pass on their positions to their sons. That would conform with the way Terminal America passes on positions in business and government.
And don't give me the Preppy-loving lie that the teams would block it. There'd be no unions at all if the owners had that kind of power.
Another scab retort is that many HeirDads train their brats for years in how to run the company. In order to have a free society, they must instead train the young employee with the most talent. Likewise, baseball shouldn't train those with no talent for hitting. We would last until we apply the DH to the rest of society and totally eliminate Designated Sons.
yes because it was just accepted that if you were a pitcher you didnt have to hit. How good would these guys would have been at the plate had that not been the expectation. My guess is orders of magnitude better.Many of them never touched a bat after college...I recall that ALL minor leagues now use a DH.
WTF are you talking about?Birth Privileges Are the Death of a Nation
The fact that you believe in nurture rather than nature sounds like you'd be in favor of players being allowed to pass on their positions to their sons. That would conform with the way Terminal America passes on positions in business and government.
And don't give me the Preppy-loving lie that the teams would block it. There'd be no unions at all if the owners had that kind of power.
Another scab retort is that many HeirDads train their brats for years in how to run the company. In order to have a free society, they must instead train the young employee with the most talent. Likewise, baseball shouldn't train those with no talent for hitting. We would last until we apply the DH to the rest of society and totally eliminate Designated Sons.
Don't worry...he doesn't know, either.WTF are you talking about?
Are you on some sort of mind-altering chemicals?No, they didn't.
