The recently proposed “Golden AB” rule, in which a team could choose to send its best hitter for any given AB has caused a stir among the baseball community. The general consensus among the Lookout Landing staff (with a notable exception, regular readers/listeners of the site can probably guess who) is that the proposal is a cheap gimmick that aims to artificially increase abstract “excitement” by removing a significant part of the magic of the game: that any player can become the hero at any moment. The Dylan Moore 2021 grand slam would not have happened. Abe Toro hitting a grand slam off of Kendall Graveman would not have happened.
Eight rules that would be better than the Golden AB
