yankthis
05-02-2005, 01:10 AM
If the baseball fairy (no, I don't mean Alex Rodriguez :)) came down from the skies and tapped you on the head with a magic wand, and assigned you with the task of changing or adding three rules to major league baseball, what would you do?
Here's my 3:
1) Any pitch thrown behind a batter or between the legs of a batter would award first base to the batter, as this is no better or different than hitting him.
2) No more wussy intentional walks. Four consecutive balls thrown by a pitcher will award second base to the batter, even if there is already one or two strikes in the count. Four non-consecutive ball counts will result in the standard award of first base for the batter.
3) Extra innnings will be played in two-inning increments. If a game is tied in the ninth, play will resume through 11 innings. If tied in the 11th, play through 13, etc. etc.
Here's my 3:
1) Any pitch thrown behind a batter or between the legs of a batter would award first base to the batter, as this is no better or different than hitting him.
2) No more wussy intentional walks. Four consecutive balls thrown by a pitcher will award second base to the batter, even if there is already one or two strikes in the count. Four non-consecutive ball counts will result in the standard award of first base for the batter.
3) Extra innnings will be played in two-inning increments. If a game is tied in the ninth, play will resume through 11 innings. If tied in the 11th, play through 13, etc. etc.