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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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poverty, n.:
An unfortunate state that persists as long
as anyone lacks anything he would like to have.
(Score: 1, Troll) by Grishnakh on Friday February 24 2017, @10:27PM
Wrong. It's not the "namby-pamby" Millennials who love baseball, it's the Trump voters. Statistics show that most baseball fans in the US are over the age of 55, so they're clearly in Trump-voter territory. Bash the Millennials all you want, I'm just pointing out that baseball voters are dumb, and coincide with Trump voters. I never said that a vast majority of Americans were baseball fans (or Trump voters for that matter), only that it was mainly America where baseball has any real popularity.
Similarly, NASCAR is a purely American interest, but that doesn't mean that most Americans care about it.
Dipshits like you are the dog shit on the sole of society who can't even understand basic logic and set theory.
(Score: 2) by Hawkwind on Friday February 24 2017, @11:39PM
Beyond the age reference as far as I know your off. I'm under the impression nationwide baseball demographics cut across social groups (in N California I would say we're rather liberal). And the international following is growing, which continues to raise the quality of the talent pool.
And dumb, compared to other US sports fans? Again I'm under the impression that baseball's nerd base is the strongest you'll find in American sports.