what would you do?
For me there are two changes I would make, one controversial, one minor that is there as an umpires judgement but never used.
1) Batters cannot wear any protective gear (except helmet) above the waist.
Guys dig in with no fear of getting hit and take the inner part of the plate away from the pitchers. When a pitcher comes inside he risks a warning. ( I also have no problem if you want to add a rule to protect batters from high heat where a pitcher is automatically ejected if a batter gets hit in the head.)
2) With two out and a runner on first, if the batter hits a ground rule double, the runner on first scores.
C'mon, I don't care how slow you are, as soon as the ball is struck you are running off first and would score on a double, maybe once in a while the ones that bounce into the stands on the side (right by the foul line) not over the outfield fence might have to stop at third. The way it is now, a speedster could be on first and they stop him on one to dead center.
Any others??
For me there are two changes I would make, one controversial, one minor that is there as an umpires judgement but never used.
1) Batters cannot wear any protective gear (except helmet) above the waist.
Guys dig in with no fear of getting hit and take the inner part of the plate away from the pitchers. When a pitcher comes inside he risks a warning. ( I also have no problem if you want to add a rule to protect batters from high heat where a pitcher is automatically ejected if a batter gets hit in the head.)
2) With two out and a runner on first, if the batter hits a ground rule double, the runner on first scores.
C'mon, I don't care how slow you are, as soon as the ball is struck you are running off first and would score on a double, maybe once in a while the ones that bounce into the stands on the side (right by the foul line) not over the outfield fence might have to stop at third. The way it is now, a speedster could be on first and they stop him on one to dead center.
Any others??
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