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Originally Posted by Seahawk
There are a few rules they could add, in addition to some new stuff they are trying (especially the relief pitcher rules and DH), that would get me to watch, other than the play-offs, again:
- No defensive shifts. Yes, I know the hitter should adjust; they haven't and it is boring.
- Batter can leave the box for 5 seconds, has five seconds to get set in the box; he gets penalized a strike after that.. Jesus the fiddling gets old.
- Pitcher has to be ready within 15 seconds of his last pitch or he gets penalized a ball...unless a ball was put into play or there was an out. Throw the f'ing ball without pretending to be a cast member of Glee.
- Relief pitchers get two warm up pitches. They have been throwing for ten minutes for the love of god.
- Three pitches between innings or the commercial break, whichever is shorter.
- Throw at a batters head or anywhere after an "unwritten rule" has been broken, 5 starts is the penalty, period, and the club gets fined 10 million.
- Allow celebrations. See above. There is no joy in the game today.
So much more.
Again, I love baseball. It is simply unwatchable in it's current form. As always, YMMV.
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I never really got into playing baseball. It was too cerebral for me. Basketball was better, but really I liked playing football. It was like boxing only with multiple opponents.
But LOL to your post!
I like watching baseball. As it is it's a great opportunity for a Saturday afternoon nap. A baseball game on TV, two beers, and a hot dog and I'm in lala land.
Your changes would speed the game up and completely screw up my Saturday nap time. But they would make the game more interesting.