Change is coming to Major League Baseball, a game that faces the perpetual battle between tradition and modernization more than any other professional sport. On Thursday, MLB and the MLB Players’ Association announced a slew of new rules that will be implemented over the next two seasons. Naturally, these changes received mixed reviews. For this roundtable, members of the SI MLB Staff reveal what they think of the new rules.
Mitch Goldich:
Baseball in July changes: I’m a big fan of the new Election Day for the All-Star Game, largely because I really disliked the old format.