Major League Baseball is again looking at ways to speed up and shorten games but again it’s missing the big picture and tinkering with things that don’t need to be changed.
Unlike pitch clocks, limiting mound visits, forcing hitters to stay in the batter’s box and other recent ideas, this latest one makes absolutely no sense. A runner will be placed on second base to start each half inning in extra innings in the Gulf Coast and Arizona leagues this season.
I’m on board with any rules to make the game faster, provided they actually accomplish that and don’t dramatically change the game.