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I'm not opposed to change, but not all change is good. Limiting the number of throws to 1B makes no sense whatsoever. So the runner will either get a big enough lead to easily swipe 2B or have a green light after the 2nd attempt. I don't see how that adds value.
I could understand two throw overs and a pitch to home plate resetting to zero, but two in an at bat seems on the low end for speedy or intelligent players. Inch off medium leads for two throw overs and then take a longer lead of another step or two daring the pitcher to throw over a third time.
Ground can't cause a fumble, good call.
Teams with young, fast OFers who specialize in getting on base are going to clean up with these new rules. Hopefully the Gs can find one for CF.
Isn't the new rule the pitcher is charged with a balk if he is unsuccessful with the third attempt? The first two attempts are result of the play. If the third attempt is unsuccessful, the runner(s) gets the next base.
I read it from the thing, that pitcher has the throw on the third time and cannot actually throw again after that. If they do its the balk, but I could have read it wrong as well...
But either way, it feels like, the runners can get enough step offs/throws to essentially get a base without a throw in my mind....
MLB approves sweeping set of rules changes
Major League Baseball passed a sweeping set of rules changes it hopes will fundamentally overhaul the game, voting Friday to implement a pitch clock and ban defensive shifts in 2023 to hasten the game's pace and increase action.www.espn.com
From the ESPN article...
By limiting disengagements with the mound, either via pickoff move or step-off, the rules hold accountable pitchers who would otherwise have a pitch-clock workaround -- and are likely to significantly increase stolen bases, part of the action MLB intended to increase.
Pickoffs and step-offs reset the pitch clock, and the rules will limit pitchers to two for each plate appearance. (The number would reset if a runner advances.) A pitcher can make a third pickoff attempt, but if it's unsuccessful it will be a balk, allowing the runners to move up a base
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To me that's a bad idea... I'm drawing the pitchers attention/throws until that time, then I am taking the base... I could do that myself and I am a keyboard warrior that played some baseball...