Yeah, I really like the new baseball rules. Just need an automated strike zone now and maybe a revisit of mound visit rules. I don't like coaches coming out to talk strategy in the middle of the inning.
To that point, take paper out of baseball! The whole game plan and stuff is typed out and each player knows positioning and strategy/positioning for each batter, it's annoying. It's less impactful now that he shift is banned, but it takes away from the athleticism and natural intuition of the players in my opinion. Scouting reports and meetings happen all the time, make the players remember vs having a cheat sheet on them at all time.
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Totally agree. I see players looking at Ipads after every at bat. That can't possibly be a benefit for most guys. It's hard enough to use a round bat to hit a round ball coming at you at 100mph or with ridiculous spin without thinking my hip rotation was off by 5degrees in my last at bat or I dropped my elbow 3 inches too close to my chest. They are the best in the world but they are humans, not robots.
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