New MLB commissioner Rob Manfred open to defensive-shift ban

[Bodo Fenrirsson]

New commissioner Rob Manfred open to defensive-shift ban
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-b...en-to-banning-defensive-shifts-172529801.html

He's proposing ending those exotic shifts that teams use against pull hitters. As someone said in the comments section,"if it aint broke,don't fix it." If you are concerned about long games,watch how long Cricket is. For a sport that I have no comprehension WHAT is going on,it can take well over 5 hours to watch,& that's 20-Twenty Cricket,which supposed to be faster than the normal 3 day game test matches. What's next,allow one-two innings over the regulation 9 innings & then have a home run derby to determine the winner like they do in Soccer World Cup matches or regular season NHL Hockey games with penalty kicks/shots? I guess that after that,because we know how long a game can go if one team has a scoring explosion in an inning,have a mercy rule to end the game within 9 innings based on how many runs a team scores against another team. How about the caveat that if a team scores x number of runs,over the mercy rule limit,they immediately have to end the inning for that team & allow the other team to bat to either catch up to the first team,or score within a threshold of runs to keep the game from being called because of the mercy rule. We'll call these new rules "the 3-minute attention span rules" or the "microwave" rules.

 

[Bodo Fenrirsson]

New commissioner Rob Manfred open to defensive-shift ban
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-b...en-to-banning-defensive-shifts-172529801.html

He's proposing ending those exotic shifts that teams use against pull hitters. As someone said in the comments section,"if it aint broke,don't fix it." If you are concerned about long games,watch how long Cricket is. For a sport that I have no comprehension WHAT is going on,it can take well over 5 hours to watch,& that's 20-Twenty Cricket,which supposed to be faster than the normal 3 day game test matches. What's next,allow one-two innings over the regulation 9 innings & then have a home run derby to determine the winner like they do in Soccer World Cup matches or regular season NHL Hockey games with penalty kicks/shots? I guess that after that,because we know how long a game can go if one team has a scoring explosion in an inning,have a mercy rule to end the game within 9 innings based on how many runs a team scores against another team. How about the caveat that if a team scores x number of runs,over the mercy rule limit,they immediately have to end the inning for that team & allow the other team to bat to either catch up to the first team,or score within a threshold of runs to keep the game from being called because of the mercy rule. We'll call these new rules "the 3-minute attention span rules" or the "microwave" rules.

Because we don't want the fans,who'd rather be texting on their phones,to have to sit through a loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong game.

 

[Jimbo]

Because we don't want the fans,who'd rather be texting on their phones,to have to sit through a loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong game.

Maybe those that are not paying ATTENTION, will become part of the action with a ball hit thier way ....
No better way to get someone to start following the game than a ball hit in thier direction.

Exclaimer:
Nobody was hurt in the making of this post !

 

[Bodo Fenrirsson]

Maybe those that are not paying ATTENTION, will become part of the action with a ball hit thier way ....
No better way to get someone to start following the game than a ball hit in thier direction.

Exclaimer:
Nobody was hurt in the making of this post !

Can you imagine someone posting a selfie of themselves........with the ball about to hit them in the head?

 

[Jimbo]

Can you imagine someone posting a selfie of themselves........with the ball about to hit them in the head?

Its GONNA happen.

 

[cosmo_kramer]

WTH do selfies have to do with a defensive shift ban?

Back to the original topic of this thread: it's ridiculous to dictate to teams that they can't put fielders where they want to. Just start bunting to the open part of the infield and its usage will decrease on its own....


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[stmcld]

IMO, the biggest problem with MLB is the umpires. To many of them seem to think fans come to see them. So, instead of trying to defuse an argument they seem to go out of their way to start or inflame an argument. There is no way Joe West should still be a MLB Umpire.

Or, how about making the games more affordable (including concessions) and bring back actual doubleheaders, maybe that might get more fans into the stands. The game itself, IMO is fine.

 

[Jimbo]

WTH do selfies have to do with a defensive shift ban?

Back to the original topic of this thread: it's ridiculous to dictate to teams that they can't put fielders where they want to. Just start bunting to the open part of the infield and its usage will decrease on its own....


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If you were reading the thread, you would already know.

 

[Jimbo]

IMO, the biggest problem with MLB is the umpires. To many of them seem to think fans come to see them. So, instead of trying to defuse an argument they seem to go out of their way to start or inflame an argument. There is no way Joe West should still be a MLB Umpire.

Or, how about making the games more affordable (including concessions) and bring back actual doubleheaders, maybe that might get more fans into the stands. The game itself, IMO is fine.

I agree here about the UMPs, a lot of them make the game about them, thats just wrong.

Miguel Cabrera got tossed last year for the way he looked at the ump.
How would you like to pay the big bucks and see your stud player thrown out early in the game like that.

No other sport has a floating rule book.
No two Umps can call balls and strikes the same.
Can you imagine if the NFL was like that ....

 

[Bodo Fenrirsson]

WTH do selfies have to do with a defensive shift ban?

Back to the original topic of this thread: it's ridiculous to dictate to teams that they can't put fielders where they want to. Just start bunting to the open part of the infield and its usage will decrease on its own....


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It also would help for the batter,who they are putting the shift on,to learn how to hit the ball in the opposite direction into the open outfield(inside the park homerun?).

 

[cosmo_kramer]

You accusing ME of not reading a thread...That's funny!!!

Too much BS around here lately, and a lot of off-topic nonsensical posts are driving me nuts


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[Jimbo]

You accusing ME of not reading a thread...That's funny!!!

Too much BS around here lately, and a lot of off-topic nonsensical posts are driving me nuts


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And you decide to pick on MY post s ?

Typically, when I come to the site I will read all of the days posts for the thread I'm reading and catch up to current times.

 

[Bodo Fenrirsson]

You accusing ME of not reading a thread...That's funny!!!

Too much BS around here lately, and a lot of off-topic nonsensical posts are driving me nuts


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Ok,dropping my premise of the commissioner wanting to speed up the game,I'll go with the premise that he wants more runs scored in a game,& he wants to ban the shift to insure that. As the article that I posted asked,how do you regulate against the shift,do you create zones on the field,& how do you mark them?

 

[Jimbo]

Ok,dropping my premise of the commissioner wanting to speed up the game,I'll go with the premise that he wants more runs scored in a game,& he wants to ban the shift to insure that. As the article that I posted asked,how do you regulate against the shift,do you create zones on the field,& how do you mark them?

I agree with you, you can't tell a team where they can and can't play thier players.
What has to happen to stop that from happening is the players that are being shifted on, learn to swing late and punch it thru the hole at SS / 3B, or Bunt it to where the vacated player was.

 

[Ramy]

I would be all for getting rid of the defensive shifts but how do you tell teams they can't do it. If they want 6 players in right field then they can do it. The batters need to learn to hit the ball the other way.

 

[Kraven]

#1 Reinstate Pete Rose
#2 Expand/Relocate to Montreal
#3 Expand playoffs
#4 Remove intra-league games
#5 Get rid of instant replay

 

[Ramy]

#1 Reinstate Pete Rose (Might happen, still up in the air on what he will do)
#2 Expand/Relocate to Montreal (Not going to happen ever again, sorry)
#3 Expand playoffs (Possible, but not for several years at the very least)
#4 Remove intra-league games (Absolutely not going to happen even though I would be all for it)
#5 Get rid of instant replay (Nope, not going to happen. If anything it will be expanded and changed. Hopefully they have someone reviewing plays in real time)

 

[BillD1984]

WTH do selfies have to do with a defensive shift ban?

Back to the original topic of this thread: it's ridiculous to dictate to teams that they can't put fielders where they want to. Just start bunting to the open part of the infield and its usage will decrease on its own....


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Couldn't agree more!! This just may be the most asinine rule proposal I've ever heard in ANY sport!!

 

[Jimbo]

I would be all for getting rid of the defensive shifts but how do you tell teams they can't do it. If they want 6 players in right field then they can do it. The batters need to learn to hit the ball the other way.

I agree 100 % ...

 

[Jimbo]

#1 Reinstate Pete Rose
#2 Expand/Relocate to Montreal
#3 Expand playoffs
#4 Remove intra-league games
#5 Get rid of instant replay

While I agree with most of your posts here, I really don't want more teams in the playoffs, the WS doesn't end till November as it is, adding another week of hit the ball and duck because of the frigid temps isn't good for anyone.

As for Instant replay, I actually think its coming along, I think I'm glad its here.