9th Inning proposed rule change

[NJHalo]

As per Rich Eisen:

Rich Eisen
(@richeisen)

There's an idea being floated in MLB of a manager being allowed to bat whoever he wants when trailing in the 9th. MLB exec: "No other sport has the best players sitting on the bench in the final minutes of a game. Imagine LeBron, Brady, Renaldo watching from the sidelines" twitter.com/RichEisenSh…

4 hours ago · Twitter

 

Rich Eisen Show
(@RichEisenShow)

One #MLB executive told @richeisen about an idea to improve excitement in the game by allowing managers to put anyone up to bat in the 9th inning if trailing. Good idea or crazy? pic.twitter.com/IgM6Zro

 

 

Terrible idea!

[Inside Pitch]

Even with the best player on the planet on our team and a guy in Ohtani who could be huge as a 9th inning ringer, this would be the dumbest change ever.   I get the need to evolve and all that, I understand they want to attract younger fans, but this short of shit just cheapens everything that happened the first 8 innings.

Never thought I'd see the day when I missed Selig..  but this new guy is awful.

[eaterfan]

Good for the Angels right now. But it's a really bad idea.

[Angel Oracle]

Rob Manfred is a total joke.   Talk about going totally against baseball tradition????

Even small market Bug looks like a genius next to Manlessfred!

[gotbeer]

Let's make it more exciting and require the pitchers throw underhand if they are leading in the 9th.  Or maybe that is too extreme, and the team should start with a runner on base dependent on how many runs they are down?  first base, if only down one.  second base, if only down two.  third base, if only down three.  More than that, they get automatic runs!

See I can even be a baseball commissioner.

[WeatherWonk]

Next, he'll be proposing a HR hitting contest after nine innings. Something like the much-hated (by me) shoot out in hockey.

Oye-veh!!

[Docwaukee]

that's a really terrible horrible awful idea.  

like it's an april fools joke or something.  

[ukyah]

i have no problem with manfred. i also could not give a shit about tradition. i don't believe that this will ever come close to happening, but if it did, then i'd just watch to see what it was like.

[well_red]

i wouldn't be surprised if rich eisen made this up to get more "engagement" on twitter, that's the world we live in now.  

[Angel Oracle]

To me, baseball is the most tradition filled sport, being the oldest of the main teams sports in this country.    This is a feeble attempt at humor on Manlessfred's part, it seems.   Although, well_red may be on to something.

[zenmaster]

I'm all for some change, but this is fucking dumb. 

[Second Base]

That will never, ever be a rule, because it's so stupid

.Just like Trump will never ever be presid......

Oh crap.

[Ohtaniland]

Waiting for the mercy rule to be implemented if you’re trailing by 12 or more runs after 7 innings. Yeah I’ve sort of been there. 

[Erstad Grit]

If you strike out you get to hit off a tee

[Homebrewer]

52 minutes ago, eaterfan said:

Good for the Angels right now. But it's a really bad idea.

No it isn't..Scioscia would bat Pujols, no matter what, so as not to hurt his feelings..

[JustATroutFan]

If that hitter goes by the last name "Trout", I'm all for it!

[JustATroutFan]

Although Scioscia will cite that just because Pujols had the most RBIs last year on the team, he would want Pujols over Trout.

[eligrba]

How about allowing the hitting team to also select the pitcher? 

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

Terrible fucking idea. I don't expect this will happen. Maybe those bats should have done something when they got their opportunity in the 7th or 8th?

[red321]

Sometimes when I use Outlook I write an email and then go to Delayed Deliver and set it to send sometime in the future. Me thinks someone forgot how to do that with their twitter account and blew their April's Fools joke.

Edited February 21, 2018 by red321

[floplag]

HATE it.  you literally take away so many factors in lineup management.  Stop trying to make baseball into something it isnt for the sake of instant gratification fans.   Lets them go watch the NBA/NFL

[Thomas]

Well saves would no longer be considered an overrated stat.

[Angelsfirst]

Am I the only one who likes this idea.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just kidding. Worst idea I’ve heard in a long time to try and change the game.

[T.G.]

Aren't there some in the sabermetric camp that don't believe in "clutch" hitting?  So the point is moot, right?

 

Go back in history and think about some guys who may have never had their "famous" at bat in the 9th inning... like Bucky Dent...

[Warfarin]

I mean, if THAT'S the proposal, then why not let teams likewise utilize their best pitchers in the 9th inning, regardless of whether they've already pitched in the game or not?

Then you could see someone like Kenley Jansen come in, pitch the 7th inning, get some key outs, rest in the 8th, then come back out in the 9th??

This idea will never pass.