California Rule

[mtangelsfan]

[Oz27]

The good news is that MLB finally seems to recognize we need to do something to make the sport more interesting to the masses. Games are taking too long and there isn't enough action. But the bad news is the solutions so far will all either have minimal impact or are just bad ideas. If we're going to actually address the problem, pace-of-play adjustments like limiting mound visits and limiting time between pitches will help to an extent. But in an extreme strikeout era, games are always going to take forever and involve a heap of strikeouts which aren't all that interesting for casual observers. Doing something to reduce the number of strikeouts, creating more balls in play and fewer deep counts, is the obvious path forward in my opinion.

[Chuck]

So stupid. 

[Angel Oracle]

First step, tell Skanks and Red Sux catchers to stop going to the mound every other pitch.   Just STOP it! 

[ScottT]

MLB has 10 billion reasons every year to avoid such silliness. 

Improving the game is worth exploring.  This is dumb... much like the idea of a pinch hitter that's already in the lineup.

[Blarg]

Funny how many traditionalists there suddenly are on the board. 

[Tank]

8 hours ago, Scotty@AW said:

The only thing in sports that I love more than baseball is free baseball. Why limit that? 

I think there's a discussion to be had about games that go 15+ innings and the effect it has on a teams pitching staff. Maybe introducing the runner on second after something like the 12th inning (just throwing a number out there) could help shorten one of these excessively long extra inning games to the benefit of all. I dunno, just a thought that came to me.

[Second Base]

32 minutes ago, Tank said:

I think there's a discussion to be had about games that go 15+ innings and the effect it has on a teams pitching staff. Maybe introducing the runner on second after something like the 12th inning (just throwing a number out there) could help shorten one of these excessively long extra inning games to the benefit of all. I dunno, just a thought that came to me.

The longer the game, the more epic. Every moment counts.

[Troll Daddy]

37 minutes ago, Scotty@AW said:

The longer the game, the more epic. Every moment counts.

Unless Trout gets injured 

[Tank]

2 hours ago, Scotty@AW said:

The longer the game, the more epic. Every moment counts.

completely disagree.

[ScottT]

I highly doubt this is being seriously considered for MLB games.  

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/ct-baseball-pace-of-play-extra-innings-20170209-story.html

7.6% of games in 2016 went to extra innings.  Two-thirds of those ended in 10 or 11 innings.  

[mtangelsfan]

I actually like the idea of a tie after a determined number of innings.  Or even both teams get a loss in a tie.

that would make for some interesting moves when you get close to the threshold.