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MLB Lockout to delay start of season

Don CT said:
Didn't think it would happen this quick.
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Agreed, especially since I was seeing posts as recently as yesterday and this morning on the Instagram pages of some MLB players I follow, with statements the players' assn. was releasing about the strike or in some cases making comments that thew (perhaps deserved) stones at the league.
 
Don CT said:
Didn't think it would happen this quick.
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Nor did I. I kept reading that the owners were willing to sacrifice all of April and/or up to 20 games to get what they wanted. Now this will be a full 162-game season, with doubleheaders scheduled to make up for the late start. The story doesn't mention, though, whether they'll be two nine-inning games or the minor-league/college-style seven-inning games that were initially instituted to prevent players from spending too much time near each other during the COVID panic of 2020. Also not addressed: the "phantom runner" placed on second base after the ninth (or seventh) inning. I hope that's gone for good. I can live with seven-inning doubleheader games.

Incidentally, I heard the good news from the ESPN+ announcer doing a college game an hour or so ago. He sounded very happy, even though the viewership for college ball probably would have surged had the lockout continued into April.
 
Don CT said:
NL DH this year. Shift restrictions, bigger bases, and pitch clock next season.
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I don't get the bigger bases. I suppose they'll make stealing bases easier, but hardly anyone steals in the modern game and teams aren't going to change their strategy just because runners will be touching the base a millisecond earlier. And besides, a bigger first base means fewer throws will pull the first baseman off the bag, resulting in fewer hitters reaching base overall.
 
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