Corners never made sense anyway and are just a sloppy interpretation of the intent, which is to have the pitch be in a place where the batter can hit it and put the ball in play.
This is done most easily by changing the strike zone to a round target such as a archery bull's eye.
This would, of course, mean eliminating the catcher, which should be done for humanitarian reasons alone, but if that is still too unacceptable, then simply have plate umpires call pitches to the four corners balls, not strikes.
Batters may still swing at them but will no longer need to develop and maintain the skill to hit a round ball thrown to a rectangle.
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