There are no more rangers wandering in the outfield and making their sneaking burglary! … No throwers make more than eight direct statements to the first base without warning you to grab a hot dog first! … Bigger bases, to reward America’s frustrated base sets! … A bigger stage for your favorite robot referees!
All these experiments with rule changes come to a minor ballpark somewhere in 2021. We know this because Major League Baseball announced them in a fascinating news release on Thursday. We will examine the changes one by one shortly. But this is what you may not know:
Next: the big leagues!
OK, so not necessarily on all of the above. Rob Manfred can not just wave his wand and make such things happen in his kingdom, just as he would probably enjoy that kind of thing. But think about it.