College Baseball Rule Change Recommendations...

[Maroon Eagle]

Also passed:• The third to first pickoff move has been outlawed in college baseball• Pitchers will no longer be required to throw four pitches for intentional walks. You may just choose to intentionally walk a batter.• Defensive players not allowed to block base w/o ball— Kendall Rogers (@KendallRogers) August 16, 2018

 

[Maroon Eagle]

More importantly... 20-second play clock.

Link.

 

[8dog]

I thought expanded replay was terrible last year. Limit it to after 7 innings.

guy says pace of play is an issue and we are adding replay timeouts. That makes no sense.

 

[vhdawg]

Also passed:• The third to first pickoff move has been outlawed in college baseball• Pitchers will no longer be required to throw four pitches for intentional walks. You may just choose to intentionally walk a batter.• Defensive players not allowed to block base w/o ball— Kendall Rogers (@KendallRogers) August 16, 2018

I'm happy about #2 there since it will shut up announcers talking about it.

 

[Cap'n Geech]

"If the pitcher does not deliver a pitch, make a pick-off throw to a base or step off the pitcher’s rubber before the clock expires, a ball will be assessed to the count."

If a pitcher can restart the clock simply by throwing to a base or stepping off the pitcher's rubber, how will this speed the game up? It might even slow it down. A pitcher might be a few seconds away from delivering a pitch, but if the clock is running down, he could step off just to reset the clock, which gives him a new 20 seconds. Am I missing something?

 

[HumpDawgy]

They didn't do their job if there is no rule banning whistling!

 

[EurekaDog]

There are other ways to pickup the pace of the games

1. Don't let batters step out of the batter's box unless they're hurt or the bat is broken on a foul.
2. Relief pitchers (not starting an inning) should get two pitches off the mound. Heck, they've been warming up for a while.
3. Calling the high strike (up to the armpits) will speed up play.
4. Coaches cannot visit the mound unless there's a pitcher change.
5. To be walked, drop the 4 balls to 3 balls. (Might lengthen the game, but the pace of play would probably be faster.)
6. Limit the number of foul balls to 4 after the 2nd strike in the count. After that, the batter's out. Why not? You can only foul once (after two strikes) while trying to bunt.

 

[BassinDawg.sixpack]

Surely you forgot your sarcasterisks

 

[tbaydog]

17 speeding the game up. This change the dynamics big time. Some team will get 17ed..........