How to fix baseball

[bigpaulie]

Have the batters get rid of the armour they put on their arms, nothing worse then leaning in, taking it off a hard plastic guard and then taking a base, really bothers me

[The_DH]

Or you could say hit by pitch doesn't count if it hits armor.

[NorthOf49]

One thing I'd do about in-game rules is remove the infield fly rule. I just don't understand its reason for existence. The ground ball double play is a staple of the game, so why reject its fly ball counterpart?

 

Watching a team turn an infield fly double play would be very exciting. You'd have so many players moving frantically at the same time.

[bigpaulie]

One thing I'd do about in-game rules is remove the infield fly rule. I just don't understand its reason for existence. The ground ball double play is a staple of the game, so why reject its fly ball counterpart?

 

Watching a team turn an infield fly double play would be very exciting. You'd have so many players moving frantically at the same time.

 

There would be a lot more triple and double plays

[NorthOf49]

There would be a lot more triple and double plays

I don't know about triple plays, but double plays. Is that bad though? They'd be fun to watch!

[KSaw]

I don't know about triple plays, but double plays. Is that bad though? They'd be fun to watch!

 

Bases loaded would equal a triple play a lot. It's a good rule.

[NorthOf49]

Bases loaded would equal a triple play a lot. It's a good rule.

Couldn't the offensive team just start one of the runners and keep it to a double play?

[G-Snarls]

One thing I'd do about in-game rules is remove the infield fly rule. I just don't understand its reason for existence. The ground ball double play is a staple of the game, so why reject its fly ball counterpart?.

 

Do you really want to see Dustin Pedroia intentionally dropping routine pop ups in order to double up two guys at one base?? That's the purpose of the rule.

[KSaw]

Then they would throw to 1b, tag the runner and then the bag and have plenty of time to nail the runner at the at the plate

[NorthOf49]

Do you really want to see Dustin Pedroia intentionally dropping routine pop ups in order to double up two guys at one base?? That's the purpose of the rule.

Yes! It'd be harder than you think for the defending team too. If the offensive team anticipated a drop, they could send the runners. The guy catching the pop-up would have to know what the runners were up to.

Edited February 25, 2014 by G-Snarls

[KSaw]

Or just go home, first. You get 3

[bigpaulie]

or the offensive team sends the runners, you catch it and tag them all up, damned if you do damned if you don't Edited February 25, 2014 by bigpaulie
im stupid

[NorthOf49]

Then they would throw to 1b, tag the runner and then the bag and have plenty of time to nail the runner at the at the plate

Say you have the guy at third take off for home, and have all the other runners stay put (with the batter running to first).

 

If the fielding team lets the ball drop:

- The runner could make it home before the throw, given the ball went reasonably high.

- With the batter half-way to first, the defensive team would not have enough time to go around the horn and nab them all.

 

If the fielding team catches the ball:

- They'd throw to third for the double play. The runner not being able to score would make this the preferred option.

 

But there'd be lots of strategy involved depending on how high the ball goes, how adept the fielders are, and how fast the runners are. I think we're missing out on something good.

[KSaw]

Being that all the runners are forced, you could then just tag the runner on 2nd or step on 3rd and throw to 1b. Pretty easy to tag that runner and then get your force. You are assuming a lot. You'd need bases loaded and no outs and the runner on first to get caught in a rundown to delay the triple play to get a run.

[KSaw]

And does't matter how high the ball is. Just catch it if the runner on third breaks and double him off 3rd for an easy 2.

[o2cui2i]

I don't think anything is really wrong with baseball.

 

disagree.... I'd like them to do away with inter league games (which will never happen) and I'd like to see a balanced schedule where all teams play each other the same amount of games. meeting division teams 18 times a year is just as lame. especially when the gaps in division quality is so huge.

[bigpaulie]

disagree.... I'd like them to do away with inter league games (which will never happen) and I'd like to see a balanced schedule where all teams play each other the same amount of games. meeting division teams 18 times a year is just as lame. especially when the gaps in division quality is so huge.

 

I agree 100%, even more if I could since I am a Jays fan from the AL East

 

Another thought is to do away with Divisions and just have everything set as AL and NL, schedule and playoffs

[o2cui2i]

Do want only AL vs. AL or do you mean balanced across all MLB?

 

I mean all AL teams play each other just as many times. so if there are really s***** teams everyone gets a chance to kick the s*** out of them and if there are really good teams everyone has to get their ass handed too them.

[NorthOf49]

Being that all the runners are forced, you could then just tag the runner on 2nd or step on 3rd and throw to 1b. Pretty easy to tag that runner and then get your force. You are assuming a lot. You'd need bases loaded and no outs and the runner on first to get caught in a rundown to delay the triple play to get a run.

I just don't think it would be easy to get the triple play. All three of the runners on base could do something to mess up the defense's coordination. They'd happen, but not often enough to mar the sport. It's worth it.

[bigpaulie]

Get rid of sliding/progressive ticket prices, man do I HATE that, and do something more to fill the seats in the stadiums, nothing worse then empty seats

[NorthOf49]

Without the infield fly rule, it would be, essentially, the only situation where a team would benefit from an intentional failure to make a play. It would be an automatic double play by simply dropping the lazy pop fly. It's not hard to understand.

Why view it as intentional failure? I think of it as just a strategic decision.

 

The infield fly rule is currently the only situation in baseball where a team gets an out without doing anything at all (they don't have to touch the ball at all!). That's a stranger distinction than a play in which a team lets the ball drop intentionally.

[NorthOf49]

Why don't they ban the ground ball double play then? Letting the defense get two outs on one play is unfair!

 

I think if the infield fly rule was never invented and I was proposing its existence, people would be equally as outraged.

[o2cui2i]

Infield fly rule is universally used in baseball leagues everywhere for a reason. It's not going away and rightly so.

 

Actual Viable Improvements:

 

- no warmup throws on mid inning pitching changes

- allow trading of draft picks

- pitcher cannot leave mound between pitches during the same at bat and the batter can only step one foot out of the batters box

 

 

rules just need to be enforced.

 

 

• Time between pitches: The allotment for delivering the ball with no one on base has been reduced, from 20 seconds to 12. The price for each violation is a ball.

 

• Batter's box presence: Conversely, an automatic strike will be assessed each time a batter violates the rule requiring they keep one foot in the batter's box throughout his at-bat, except for certain game-play conditions -- during which he is still not allowed to leave the dirt area surrounding the plate.

[G-Snarls]

Infield fly rule is universally used in baseball leagues everywhere for a reason. It's not going away and rightly so.

 

Actual Viable Improvements:

 

- no warmup throws on mid inning pitching changes

- allow trading of draft picks

- pitcher cannot leave mound between pitches during the same at bat and the batter can only step one foot out of the batters box

 

Love all of those

[G-Snarls]

Limit the number of catchers visits to mound??

[Dylan]

Infield fly rule is universally used in baseball leagues everywhere for a reason. It's not going away and rightly so.

 

Actual Viable Improvements:

 

- no warmup throws on mid inning pitching changes

- allow trading of draft picks

- pitcher cannot leave mound between pitches during the same at bat and the batter can only step one foot out of the batters box

 

Agree with all 3

[bigpaulie]

How about going against history and allowing composite and aluminum bats?

 

the juice ball and steroid era brought a lot of fans into the game because of home runs, this would do the same in my opinion. but I am not sure if I am ready to take this huge step, what do you think?

[G-Snarls]

How about going against history and allowing composite and aluminum bats?

 

the juice ball and steroid era brought a lot of fans into the game because of home runs, this would do the same in my opinion. but I am not sure if I am ready to take this huge step, what do you think?

 

No, too many fans along the baselines would die

 

I'm not even sure how much I'm joking. Fielder and Bautista swinging as hard as they do and pulling balls foul going an extra 10-20 mph (or more?) off the bat just seems dangerous.

[Abomination]

How about going against history and allowing composite and aluminum bats?

 

the juice ball and steroid era brought a lot of fans into the game because of home runs, this would do the same in my opinion. but I am not sure if I am ready to take this huge step, what do you think?

 

Hell no! Way too physically dangerous for the pitchers.

[G-Snarls]

In my search for a GIF of same I found this. LOL.

 

Prince Fielder Helps Himself To Fan's Nachos After Chasing Foul Ball

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/20/prince-fielder-nachos-fan-gif-video_n_3959145.html

 

http://i.imgur.com/bzNI14Y.gif