JoeC

Whelp.

It's this statement that's just flat out false. The HoF has always been a comparison to peers, and it has always evolved, sometimes slowly, to accommodate the evolution in the game. Otherwise DHs and Closers would forever be excluded.

Not sure that would offset the local broadcast revenues

Hahn knew how to hold a fire sale.

Given the alternative, yes.

Keeps this year’s salary. Will be lucky to have a team pick him up in the offseason to try to rehab under their care on their dime.

Our old friend Liam starting a rehab assignment: https://www.overthemonster.com/2024/8/16/24221883/red-sox-news-links-liam-hendriks-to-begin-rehab Best of luck to Liam

Tough break for him.

Soccer limits the number of substitutions. Hockey prohibits substitutions in certain situations (icing).

I meant it more in the sense of giving JR and the current regime a chance to avoid accountability for current decisions.

It gives “us” (not sure who that is) a reason to blame the next 5 years on Hahn.

Yeah - shifts in the NHL used to last for several minutes at a time back before the ‘80’s. Back before the ‘70’s, you had to serve your full 2 minutes for penalties, regardless of whether the other team scored on the PP. The NBA didn’t used to have a shot clock. You couldn’t play zone defense (note: I’m not sure if you can now, because I don’t follow the NBA whatsoever) MLB didn’t have a DH, and pitchers pitched complete games, every 4 days. Hitters didn’t wear helmets. Times change. I think this rule is dumb and unnecessary, but we’ll all move on after some pointless bellyaching.

The way the rules are set up, that’ll basically be… (checks notes) never, then, since the Sox can’t draft in the top 10 frequently enough to be able to stack up prospects.

That’s flattering to have that guy called a “hitter,” just like they would on other teams.

$I’m $not $sure, $but $something $tells $me $that $not $all $teams ($especially $the “$cut $the $season $short” $teams) $would $be $on $board.

Do I think it’s stupid? Yes. You can hopefully gather that by looking at my sarcastic offshoot rules in the rest of the thread. Do I think it’ll ruin the game irreversibly? No. The game will adjust. It’s stupid, but we’ll all move on after some bellyaching in the first year. I’d actually be interested to see the number of “early” hooks (fewer than 6IP) that don’t meet one of the three exceptions (injury resulting in IL stint, 4ER, or 100 pitches). I’d guess that it’s not going to be a huge impact, and I would even predict that the player’s union would talk ‘em down to 5 innings as a minimum, rather than 6.

Didn’t they give tickets away for like $1 toward the end of last year?

Maybe this is the start of the standard 6-man rotation.

Yeah, it’s almost like we have a Ricky again, in a good way.

Limit the numer or 100mph pitches, as measured by StatCast, to no more than 6 per game per team. You get an extra one in each extra inning. Additionally, just to f*** with people, for every 5 pitches you get to exactly 99.9 mph, you get an extra 100mph pitch. Because we want to make things more confusing. We'll also make this a reviewable play. Managers will be able to challenge the speed of a pitch, and we'll get a live look-in to some data scientist double checking something on Google Cloud to verify the exact pitch speed. MLB wants to bring data analytics to the forefront, so this is clearly the best way to do so.

For every early pitching change, the opposing team reserves the right to force an "early exit" of a subsequent reliever of their choice. So if some team uses a pitching change in the 3rd inning, the opposing team can force that team to pull their closer in the 9th inning after 1 hitter.

Well, he clearly showed what he is “not gonna take.” so there’s that.

Knowing the Sox, they'd use Windows ME.

For the first 2 batters (or until the inning ends), the "early pitching change" team must play defense with the sprinklers turned on full blast. If in a domed stadium, then the fire suppression sprinkler system will be activated above the playing field.

For each early pitching change, the strike zone shrinks by 1 inch in any dimension of the other team's choice. (Prerequisite: robot umps)