Change a rule, any rule

Discuss all things Cardinals Baseball
Post Reply
jim
Red Lobster for the seafood lover in you
Posts: 50608
Joined: May 1 06, 2:41 pm

Re: Change a rule, any rule

Post by jim »

The length of the game does not bother me, it's the pace that needs improved. I realize pace will influence length, but the time of the game is only the symptom of the problem. Nothing wrong with a 4 hour baseball game if it's well paced and it just needs that much time to finish. I hate to bring this game up because we lost, but here is an example of a game that just needed 4 hours to finish:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes ... 6230.shtml

Watch it sometime. Not boring.

User avatar
fanforever
Retired
Posts: 67648
Joined: April 17 06, 5:03 pm
Location: Northern NJ-The Twilight Zone

Re: Change a rule, any rule

Post by fanforever »

Banning the shift is a dumb move

It is a strategy. A manager should be allowed to position his defense in whatever configuration he thinks will most help his team.

It's up to a hitter to make the managers pay for their defensive positioning.

that's part of the beauty of baseball IMO.

User avatar
Jmodene
Still waiting for someone to use a Weird Al song
Posts: 15535
Joined: April 18 06, 5:54 pm
Location: Las Vegas, NV

Re: Change a rule, any rule

Post by Jmodene »

fanforever wrote:Banning the shift is a dumb move

It is a strategy. A manager should be allowed to position his defense in whatever configuration he thinks will most help his team.

It's up to a hitter to make the managers pay for their defensive positioning.

that's part of the beauty of baseball IMO.

To say nothing of the folklore, like the time Satchel Paige had his infielders and outfielders all sit down and then proceeded to strike out the side.

User avatar
slide_into_first
is unaware that dangerous is the real Tyler Durden
Posts: 14501
Joined: June 10 09, 11:31 pm
Location: In Chula Vista hanging with the Surenos

Re: Change a rule, any rule

Post by slide_into_first »

Each team will have one designated scrappy hitter who will be awarded first base if he fouls off 5 pitches.

User avatar
MrCrowesGarden
'Burb Boy
Posts: 23631
Joined: July 9 06, 11:33 am
Location: Out of the Loop

Re: Change a rule, any rule

Post by MrCrowesGarden »

slide_into_first wrote:Each team will have one designated scrappy hitter who will be awarded first base if he fouls off 5 pitches.
He shall be awarded second if he puffs out his cheeks while hustling to first.

Post Reply