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Originally Posted by sterlingice
I badly, badly do not want this. I want fewer pitching changes not more. I'm not saying "ALL PITCHERS MUST PITCH COMPLETE GAMES". But I also don't want 4 pitchers facing 5 batters in an inning. As baseball heads to even more specialization, trying to squeeze out every marginal advantage, it will lead to even more stoppages of play in a game that badly needs to cut back on them.
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Trust, I feel the same way and the 'opener' drives me nuts. I am happy for the 3 batter minimum rule but there are still way too many pitching changes, to were you can almost count on seeing 4-5 pitchers every game.
I also wish MLB would come up with some type of functional rule to speed up at bats.
1-No pick off attempts
2-No stepping out of the batters box between pitches unless there is an injury and if you do it's a strike
3-15 seconds from the pitcher getting the ball to pitch or its a ball
Anything to get games down to around 2 1/2 hours.