Have the MLB rule changes WORKED?

He forgot the Check Swing Challenge System.

I love the new pitch clock rules...No more standing around with batters scratching themselves or pitchers taking an hour to throw a pitch...A lot more fun to watch. Now if they can get rid of a few pitching changes that would be swell!

Late to the game, but 10:37. I see what was done

I have been thinking of two radical changes to bring pitching strategy and starting pitching back into the fore: 1) The game has to be eligible for a starting win to keep the DH on pitching changes. If you pull your starter before the 5th inning, you lose your DH for the game. 2) Limit the number of pitching changes allowed in the first 9 innings. Extra innings are unregulated.

For both rules, there'd have to be allowances made for injuries on the mound, but I think forcing teams to consider how long to keep starters in, and training starters to last into 6th/7th inning would be a net plus for the game.

I personally like the extra innings ghost runner. Who wants a 19 inning game in kids June when people have work in the morning and both teams have a game tomorrow?

I hate the runner in extra innings with the passion of a thousand million demons.

I don’t like the universal DH rule for two reasons.
A. It’s really funny to watch pitcher hit
2. You eliminate awesome moments like Bartolo Colon blast a homer or Koo Dae-Sung blasting a double off of Randy Johnson

The pitch clock saved this sport. Look at the interest in the World Series -- faster games, more intensity, no players taking 15 minutes between pitches to adjust their gloves.

Shift ban was my fave! The hard ground ball base hit is back, especially to the hitter’s pull side where it was always an out and often a double play with the shift. Also showcases infielder’s skills because they have to go deep to get to ground balls more often.

DH should had been ABOLISHED! If you take a glove on the field, you take a bat at the plate.

PITCHERS ARE BATTERS TOO!!!

14:43 you cannot convince me that gambling isn’t behind this.

I hate the automatic intentional walk! It doesn't take that much longer to just pitch outside 4 times, plus it gives the audience more time to boo while it's happening. And of course, the occasional IBB gone wrong is very funny.

It doesn't save that much time and it takes sometimes away from the game.

I know what you meant about traditions Trevor, buuuut the DH was added in the AL in 1973
But before that in 69 the strike zone got smaller and they lowered the mound six inches because Bob Gibson was too good
…..And before that in 1961 they added some extra games to the schedule to get us to 162

The games evolved plenty over the years, it just feels like it doesn’t change much in our nostalgic hindsight.

I effing hate intentional walks. Dont be a bitch throw the pitch. Especially when you only have 1 or 2 sluggers like the mariners.

I once attended a 19 innings snooze fest That ended 2-1, I would have loved to have the extra-innings rules for that one

I always hated the pointless, soft toss "pick off" throw to 1st. New rules have basically eliminated that.

The JCC reminds me of a time I was appointed to a cmte to just get my “buy in.” So super annoying. Constant background in every mtg of any kind tbh. Every organization does it, always. The folks in charge could simply make choices on their own, but of course they don’t.

Gosh I love this channel 🤗

Good video. Annoying when you say "everyone" on polls that weren't unanimous...

So after 2 pickoffs you could theoretically lead off halfway to the next base and the defense can’t do anything about it? Or am I wrong?

Hate the pick off rule

I guess it depends on what you mean by "works." The rule changes definitely worked to make MLB less enjoyable and a poorer product, making it less popular.

7:31 so that means we will never see a game of tic-tac-toe on the mound again? 😂. But that seems like a completely unnecessary rule.

Hate all the rule changes. Only people that were complaining weren’t baseball fans to start with.

Except the extended length of games over the last 7 decades is not because of the players. It's because of more and longer breaks for ad revenue.

1960s Average total game time = 150 minutes. Total time taken between innings/pitching changes/7th inning stretch/promos = 7 minutes.

1970s Average total game time = 153 minutes. Total time taken between innings/pitching changes/7th inning stretch/promos = 11 minutes.

1980s Average total game time = 163 minutes, Total time taken between innings/pitching changes/7th inning stretch/promos = 26 minutes.

1990s Average total game time = 170 minutes. Total time taken between innings/pitching changes/7th inning stretch/promos = 32 minutes.

2000s Average total game time = 175 minutes. Total time taken between innings/pitching changes/7th inning stretch/promos = 35 minutes.

2010s Average total game time = 190 minutes. Total time taken between innings/pitching changes/7th inning stretch/promos = 41 minutes.

2020s Pre Pitch Clock Average total game time = 191 minutes. Total time taken between innings/pitching changes/7th inning stretch/promos = 42 minutes.

2020s Post Pitch Clock Average total game time = 161 minutes. Total time taken between innings/pitching changes/7th inning stretch/promos = 43 minutes.

Pre pitch clock the players accounted for less than a 5 minute increase in game time over 7 decades. Time taken between innings/pitching changes/7th inning stretch/promos accounted for 35 minutes of game time increase.

Players post pitch clock now account for only 118 minutes of total game time, the lowest in history by a huge amount, 25 minutes faster than player accounted game time in the 1960s. But break time length for ad revenue is at the highest.

100 game season. Games played on Fridays Saturdays and sundays. Double header on friday and Saturday. One game on sunday. 20 week season not including spring season, and playoffs. Ticket sales would go up, interest would go up, and games would matter

As a new, fully bought in Dad to baseball through my sons love of the game, I really appreciate May's explanations. They're done in a way that's detailed enough for my nerdy side but with enough personality to make these videos fun and entertaining! May Day all day !!!

This has nothing to do with any rules. Microphones do not belong on the field during the game. I haven't talked to any fan that likes it. Micing up a player while they are on field is dumb. Also interviewing managers during the game has to stop. The managers have enough going in during the game with having to put with that. I don't care what network is doing the game.

I hate the changes. Nobody has any attention span anymore. I miss old school baseball.

I don’t care for banana ball. I get that it’s silly fun entertainment, but it just feels like something out of Idiocracy. Baseball for people with tiktok brain.

We dont need to be better, pitchers need to be better at picking off and not take 6 tries and slow the game lol

I think the pitch clock should either be extended or eliminated if it's a one score game in the 9th. Give us some vintage pitcher vs batter duels when it's on the line

I think they need to allow more players to be called up in September. 28 isn’t enough. I’m fine with 30-32.

11:44 -- Let's do like Bob Costas suggested and have only the six division winners qualify for the playoffs, and NO wildcards. Naturally the one with the best record in the league would get a bye/home field for the LCS and second best record hosts the one with the third best record. Go back to how it was in 1993 or earlier when you had REAL pennant races and not just merely qualifying for the playoffs.

I don't get why the bat's diameter went from 2.75 inches (since 1895) to 2.61 inches?

MLB needs to embrace the tie. After 12 innings still tied, game over. No ghost runner too

I just don't understand why the 2nd extra inning rule doesn't carry over to the playoffs. I'm not a fan of the rule either but it just seems silly to have it in the regular season but not the playoffs 🤷🏻‍♂️

Would you pitch in a Savannah Bananas game if asked?