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<blockquote data-quote="GTNavyNuke" data-source="post: 505729" data-attributes="member: 322"><p>I love the change for a hit by pitch when moving to the strike zone to be called a strike. That is close to the futbol flops where the player faking the injury can be penalized. Some teams are quite proud of doing that and wear big protectors to further crowd the plate. Just not sportsmanlike.</p><p></p><p>This one could really change things as there are many close plays where the fielder gets the ball just as the runner is arriving. Is the fielder blocking the plate a step before the runner arrives. I mostly see this at home where the catcher will have to get the ball and then tag the runner rather than block the plate and try and hold onto the ball. Makes sense to reduce impacts. As everyone is playing by the same rules, it's fine by me.</p><p></p><p><em>"To clarify that a defensive player may not block any part of the base with any part of their body unless they have clear possession of the ball. If the defensive player blocks a base before having clear possession of the ball, the umpire shall call obstruction, the ball shall be dead immediately and the runner involved shall be awarded one base beyond the last base the runner had attained before the obstruction. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Rationale To provide consistent application and simplify umpire judgement at all bases when a defensive player attempts to block the base. This is also intended to reduce the amount of collisions during scoring plays at the plate."</em></p><p><em></em></p><p>I like the increased use of replay even though it will slow things up. It will get more important plays right. The game already is 20 minutes of action crammed into 3 hours, so I don't see a lot of difference. Specifying the 120 seconds to start the next inning after the last out will help shorten things.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GTNavyNuke, post: 505729, member: 322"] I love the change for a hit by pitch when moving to the strike zone to be called a strike. That is close to the futbol flops where the player faking the injury can be penalized. Some teams are quite proud of doing that and wear big protectors to further crowd the plate. Just not sportsmanlike. This one could really change things as there are many close plays where the fielder gets the ball just as the runner is arriving. Is the fielder blocking the plate a step before the runner arrives. I mostly see this at home where the catcher will have to get the ball and then tag the runner rather than block the plate and try and hold onto the ball. Makes sense to reduce impacts. As everyone is playing by the same rules, it's fine by me. [I]"To clarify that a defensive player may not block any part of the base with any part of their body unless they have clear possession of the ball. If the defensive player blocks a base before having clear possession of the ball, the umpire shall call obstruction, the ball shall be dead immediately and the runner involved shall be awarded one base beyond the last base the runner had attained before the obstruction. Rationale To provide consistent application and simplify umpire judgement at all bases when a defensive player attempts to block the base. This is also intended to reduce the amount of collisions during scoring plays at the plate." [/I] I like the increased use of replay even though it will slow things up. It will get more important plays right. The game already is 20 minutes of action crammed into 3 hours, so I don't see a lot of difference. Specifying the 120 seconds to start the next inning after the last out will help shorten things. [/QUOTE]
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