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    1. Bill James Online‏ @billjamesonline 15 Jul 2019

      1/Here is what is really wrong with the silly rules experiments. If you want to turn baseball back to the way it was played 60 years ago--which I am not saying you should, but if you do--it is extremely easy to do that with three to five simple rules changes.

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    2. Bill James Online‏ @billjamesonline 15 Jul 2019

      2/ It isn't necessary to do anything radical to get rid of the strikeouts, or to get the games to be played in 1:40 on average. All that it requires is the will to do the things we all know need to be done.

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      Bill James Online‏ @billjamesonline 15 Jul 2019

      3/ Prohibit excessive pitching changes. Decrease the resiliency of the baseball (take the juice out.) Stop calling timeout to allow the batter to get comfortable or adjust his equipment. Sports are not supposed to be comfortable. They're supposed to be hard.

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        2. Josh Mathes‏ @seaver78 15 Jul 2019
          Replying to @billjamesonline

          I've been saying this too. Moving the mound back a bit plus a slightly deader ball would get them back to putting balls in play. Cut in half the 45 seconds it takes every 8th-inning guy to throw a pitch and you're all but there.

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        3. sanford sklansky‏ @sanford943 15 Jul 2019
          Replying to @seaver78 @billjamesonline

          leave the mound where it is

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        1. Brett The Jet needs a shot‏ @Neveryoumind20 15 Jul 2019
          Replying to @billjamesonline

          I like the individual battle between pitcher and catcher, what’s the rush?

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        1. TimD56‏ @TimD56 15 Jul 2019
          Replying to @billjamesonline

          The ball is a joke compared to what it was even a few years ago. Flat seams, tighter. De-juice it back a few years and just call strike zone in rule book. High strikes would make hitters swing more, fewer walks and strikeouts, more balls in play, shorter games. Not hard.

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        1. Charles Collings‏ @ccollings17 15 Jul 2019
          Replying to @billjamesonline

          I agree bill. Delay in between pitches is too much. Guys adjusting their batting gloves. Pitchers walking off the back of the mound. What gets the most is when pitchers and catchers can’t get on the same page and take forever, then the batter steps out.

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        1. Dave Jordan‏ @instreamsports 15 Jul 2019
          Replying to @billjamesonline

          One of these days an insightful journalist needs to publish a video-intensive piece playing a ballgame from 1978 & a 2019 game on split-screen to illustrate the point. Not even a Randy Jones start just an average game.

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        1. Gary Key‏ @GaryKeyHomes 15 Jul 2019
          Replying to @billjamesonline

          4) Call the strike zone to the rule book

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        2. Rabbi Dr. Aaron Ross‏ @RabbiRoss 15 Jul 2019
          Replying to @billjamesonline

          I don't mind the excessive pitching changes as much as the on-field warm up pitches. You just had time in the bullpen to warm up. You're being paid a king's ransom. You don't need to waste more of our time.

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        3. Eugene Sullivan‏ @ejshome2 15 Jul 2019
          Replying to @RabbiRoss @billjamesonline

          Such a simple, common sense rule change that will have a huge impact. This idea does not get nearly the support it deserves.

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        2. Matt Corbett‏ @CorbettMatt 15 Jul 2019
          Replying to @billjamesonline

          Have to disagree- you can't get games to be shorter without dramatically lowering pitchcounts, and none of those rule changes will do that

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        3. Al Vyssotsky‏ @alvyssotsky 15 Jul 2019
          Replying to @CorbettMatt @billjamesonline

          The solution to lowering pitch counts is for umps to call pitches accurately. How often do we see an ump call a ball on a 2-2 pitch in the strike zone? Ring up the batters, and they will start swinging.

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