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Major League Baseball is about to make a major rule change, altering how intentional walks are handed out. Instead of a pitcher throwing four pitches out of the strike zone, the walk will be awarded by a signal from the dugout, ESPN reported Tuesday night.
The network said the league and its union have agreed to the change, which will take effect this season. MLB has been trying to make its games shorter. However, The Wall Street Journal said last week that the change would save an average of 14 seconds per game.
Fans are not happy about the change, with many pointing out that botched intentional walks have led to game-changing moments.
Wikipedia: Intentional base on balls.
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(Score: 2, Informative) by NotSanguine on Friday February 24 2017, @05:32PM
No one in the civilized world gives two shits about this horribly boring "sport" which completely lacks any athleticism.
Yup, no civilized country ever has anything to do with baseball [worldbaseballclassic.com]. Only third-world backwaters like Canada, Italy, Australia, Japan, The Netherlands, Germany, France and the UK [wikipedia.org] to name a few have any interest in baseball at all.
I wish someone from a civilized country would show these backwater hellholes the error of their ways.
Once again, you're talking out of your ass and it smells that way too.
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Runaway1956 on Friday February 24 2017, @07:24PM
Well - I should point out that I'm an American, and I don't give a small damn about baseball. I mean, I went to my son's games when they were playing Pee-Wee, and Little League. I didn't give a damn about the game, I only went for my boys. Ditto with football. Basketball is even lower on my scale of useless things. I made excuses to miss the boy's basketball games. Seriously, I just couldn't be bothered with it. I only attended a game if I couldn't find a good enough excuse.
If I had to choose between sitting through a professional sports game, or hitting myself on the head with a hammer, I'd have to think about it for awhile.