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Friday, June 8, 2012
Constitutional amendments for team sports.
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Increasingly in recent decades the integrity of Major Baseball League (MBL) games under commissioner Allen Huber "Bud" Selig has been undermined by many policies that he originated or let become worse.
The most obvious example of unloading on another baseball player is smashing into the catcher when trying to score. That's because that activity most resembles football, which is conjured up by the expression. But baseball has other stuff that fits including:
1. pitcher hitting batter with a pitch
2. base runner crashing into fielder
3. fielder crashing into base runner
4. spiking although that has gone out of style.
Probably the best way to protect the catcher is to protect him from himself. Outlaw blocking the plate or any base. That pretty much solves the problem. If the catcher blocks, the runner scores, no matter what else happens.
If a runner crashes into a catcher or any other fielder, the runner is ejected, fined, etc. If any player crashes into any other player: ejection and fine.
I've written many times about sanctions for a pitcher hitting a batter. How about these:
1. Immediate ejection and fine
2. for hitting a batter in the head:
- first offense: one month suspension
- second offense: one year suspension
- third offense: banishment.
That should eliminate batters being hit. You'd be surprised how easy it is for the pitcher to not hit the batter when there are appropriate penalties.
The commissioner should have ad hoc powers for infractions not imagined.
The most obvious example of unloading on another baseball player is smashing into the catcher when trying to score. That's because that activity most resembles football, which is conjured up by the expression. But baseball has other stuff that fits including:
1. pitcher hitting batter with a pitch
2. base runner crashing into fielder
3. fielder crashing into base runner
4. spiking although that has gone out of style.
Probably the best way to protect the catcher is to protect him from himself. Outlaw blocking the plate or any base. That pretty much solves the problem. If the catcher blocks, the runner scores, no matter what else happens.
If a runner crashes into a catcher or any other fielder, the runner is ejected, fined, etc. If any player crashes into any other player: ejection and fine.
I've written many times about sanctions for a pitcher hitting a batter. How about these:
1. Immediate ejection and fine
2. for hitting a batter in the head:
- first offense: one month suspension
- second offense: one year suspension
- third offense: banishment.
That should eliminate batters being hit. You'd be surprised how easy it is for the pitcher to not hit the batter when there are appropriate penalties.
The commissioner should have ad hoc powers for infractions not imagined.
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