On December 2, Jayson Stark dropped his report on the Athletic (paywall) about a rumored and/or potential MLB rule change that Commissioner Rob Manfred says is being discussed among team ownership groups.
“There are a variety of (rule change ideas) that are being talked about out there,” Manfred said. “One of them — there was a little buzz around it at an owners’ meeting — was the idea of a Golden At-Bat.”
Stark goes on to give a summation of what a Golden At-Bat rule might look like in practice in a Major League Baseball game.