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MLB rule tweaks that actually make sense

When it comes to the rules of the game, Major League Baseball is right to admit impediments and alter when it alteration finds. It is a game that we love, and as technology, the fans, and players evolve, so too should the rules that govern its play.

A few proposals are on the docket for various levels of baseball this season. One of those proposed — starting extra innings with a runner on second base, (which guarantees a sacrifice bunt in most circumstances [and we all love those]) — met with mockery, scorn, and calls for beheading by sickle.