San Francisco Giants broadcaster Mike Krukow is completely against the “Golden At-Bat,” another radical rule change that MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred is considering bringing to the sport.
The idea behind the “Golden At-Bat” is like an enhanced pinch hitter: Once a game, a team is allowed to select any player to go up to the plate and take the next at-bat, no matter whose turn it is to hit. Manfred first brought the rule up on a podcast with Puck’s John Ourand in October, and the Athletic dropped a feature on the idea on Monday.