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Offline HalfSmokes

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Re: Major Rule Changes being considered
« Topic Start: February 06, 2019, 09:17:50 AM »
I don't know if this belongs in the clubhouse, but some pretty major changes being discussed, and sounds like they are being discussed fairly seriously with the possibility of implementing this year.

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/25935056/mlb-players-discussing-rule-changes-alter-game

I can't say I'm in favor of many of these.  3 batter minimum and DH to the NL both take away a lot of strategy from the game.  20 second pitch clock that turns off with runners on base sounds fine.  I was surprised to see no rule about shifts.

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A rule that would allow two-sport amateurs to sign major league contracts

Boras will have all his guys lined up to curl professionally. That seriously seems like an exception that could turn into a major loophole depending on how they define two sport athlete