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Originally Posted by garion333
Shoot, if the NFL was willing to cut out commercials to speed things up you'd think MLB would too.
3 balls, 2 strikes, though, that there would change the record books. It's a complete nonstarter. MLB would play to 10 fans in the stands a night before they even talked about changing balls and strikes rules.
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This rule wouldn't change any important records that I know of.
I haven't decided whether the pitchers will have an advantage or if the batters will have an advantage... I think each would have an advantage and they would cancel each other out.
The 3-Ball, 2-Strike Rule didn't affect the slow-pitch softball stats very much in the league I played in... it just gave the teams a chance to play more innings in the 1 hour and 10 minutes time limit.
You are right... MLB would never consider 3 Balls and 2 Strikes... Hell will freeze over and pigs will fly before they do anything positive for the game... but I guarantee you it would speed up the game and create more action... and this would please a lot of fans... baseball would be a much more exciting game to watch... defenders would have to be ready for each pitch because things would happen quicker.
MLB could run test games in the fall leagues or perhaps spring training and see what would happen and how the game strategy and stats are affected... sure would be worth a try.
I think you could run a test of 15 or 20 full-length games and get a good idea of whether it would work or not.
Or they could pay one of the independent leagues $1,000,000 to run it for a season.