July 30, 2008

Baseball blasphemy!

Apparently, baseball rules are being changed for the Olympics. As if I wasn't disappointed enough that they are removing baseball from Olympic competition after this year, they are now changing some long held baseball rules.

After a game reaches the 11th inning, the batting team will start with runners on 1st and 2nd and will also be able to choose which batter will start the inning. I wonder how many times the pitcher gets picked to lead off the inning? I know my wife probably loves this idea and wishes they would incorporate it into all levels of baseball, but I think it's lousy. They are just trying to appeal to the IOC in hopes of getting reinstated for the 2016 games.

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