Foul three, yer OUT!
Sep. 12th, 2019 01:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gridloreI have an idea to speed up MLB games. Under the current rules, hitting a foul ball can cost you the first or second strike, but not the third strike.
This can lead to endless at-bats where the player with two strikes on him will flail away at anything even close to the strike zone to stay alive, resulting in long, drawn-out plate appearances.
So here's my proposed rule change: once a batter has two strikes against him, hitting three consecutive foul balls results in a strike three being called, and that batter is retired.
Whadda y'all think?
This can lead to endless at-bats where the player with two strikes on him will flail away at anything even close to the strike zone to stay alive, resulting in long, drawn-out plate appearances.
So here's my proposed rule change: once a batter has two strikes against him, hitting three consecutive foul balls results in a strike three being called, and that batter is retired.
Whadda y'all think?
