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Now a special assistant to the Minnesota Twins, Kaat offered up these arguments for his plan: • It would restore the importance of starting pitchers: "Go five," Kaat said, "and then turn it over to the setup man and closer." • It would reduce the size of pitching staffs: "When I broke in, there were 16 teams, eight in each league," Kaat said. "You had basically 10 pitchers on a staff, 160 in all of the major leagues. Now you have almost 400." • It would help bring back four-man rotations, allowing some of the biggest stars in the game to pitch more often: "We went every four days back when we were pitching 300 innings," Kaat said. "These guys are bigger, better, stronger. It would just be a matter of training them." |
NOT!!!!!!
If MLB went to 7 inning games, the starter wouldn't go 5 and then turn it over to the setup man and closer; he'd go 3 and then the same bullpen use that we currently see would still prevail. NL teams would probably yank any pitcher other than an ace every time he was due to hit. The pace of play would slow to an absolute crawl.
I like Kaat, but this is a silly suggestion.
My idea for the bad weather in early April?
Shorten the season by 4-5 weeks or so and start in late April and end in late September .
How without shortening the games played?
Play double headers every single Sunday all season long, every team. Teams get 1 extra roster spot, and an extra roster spot for Sunday's also
Why don't they just make MLB into Beer League Softball?
JFC.
In the age of analytics and specialization, nothing will change; pitchers will go 5,or more of they are 'on,' or your relievers all worked in an 18+inning game the day before.
I like the shorter season/,occasional scheduled doubleheader, especially a family 'take in 2' package with a family on field level or box seat section and extra benefits to make it an event.
Make all stadiums indoor capable for climate
Get rid of 2-4 MLB markets bc they really weren’t necessary
Get rid of batters box antics
Get rid of pitcher mound antics
Bring back the hulking figures of the 90’s who fans loved.
Easy right? Lol
Make all stadiums indoor capable for climate
Get rid of 2-4 MLB markets bc they really weren’t necessary
Get rid of batters box antics
Get rid of pitcher mound antics
Bring back the hulking figures of the 90’s who fans loved.
Easy right? Lol
So allow roids again pretty much?
Or that there should be a designated hitter. IT'S ALL WRONG!
We just need computer umps to call balls and strikes. That's it.
But I am a fan of going back to 4 man rotations
p.s.--It's not a bad idea, but it will never happen. Baseball is a game of tradition and comparative statistics and that would fuck with both.
College 9 innings
Keep the game as it is. The game ain't broke.
On the one hand, the athletes are better. The fielders have tremendous range. The pitching staffs are incredibly deep. Almost every hitter can hit a home run, almost anytime. The availability of advanced data, video-on-demand and computers means pretty much every hitter and pitcher have a level of preparation that was undreamed of even 20 years ago.
But the improvements in fielding and the increased use of the shift mean that it's harder and harder to get a hit with a ball in play, and because of that, hitters swing for the fences. Strikeouts are up, and strikeouts are kind of boring. More pitches, without balls in play, so the game slows down, and there's less action (except in the space between the pitcher and the home plate umpire). Teams are relying more on home runs, and I think home runs are less interesting than sustained rallies. It's become much more of an all-or-nothing game.
The analytics mean that we don't see diverse approaches much anymore. The Mets and Cardinals of the mid-80s had very different ideas about how to win games, which was part of the fun of watching them in a pennant race. Nowadays, pretty much everyone has roughly the same power-oriented philosophy. The game is less diverse.
The pitching depth means hitters rarely see a tired pitcher, or see any pitcher 3 times in a game. I think the move to limit trips to the mound was a necessary step, but too limited. There are other rule changes that could speed up the game without fundamentally changing it. Make relievers come in from the dugout, for example.
I believe hitters will eventually adjust – partly. To some degree, markets will self-correct. Shifts will put a premium on spray hitters, for example, and reward guys who can bunt -- but if you're shifting against Bryce Harper, if he's bunting, you're winning. So there's that.
But I think there are larger problems with these trends that can't really be fixed. It turns out that from a spectator's point of view, baseball isn't necessarily improved by having 25 great athletes on every roster and by having complete, detailed understanding of what works and what doesn't. But maybe the game is just evolving into something better, and I can't see it yet.
p.s.--It's not a bad idea, but it will never happen. Baseball is a game of tradition and comparative statistics and that would fuck with both.
It is a bad idea, but job attrition isn't why.