The Golden At Bat Rule

[cigaretteman]

In the Athletic this morning, Jayson Stark wrote of a potential rule change that may be coming, that is being called the Golden At Bat.


Basically, every team would be allowed to have one "golden" at bat per game. That means they could have any hitter "pinch hit" in any spot they chose without replacing the hitter. For example, if the Yankees had 6-7-8 coming up in the bottom of the 9th, they could have Juan Soto hit for one of their hitters instead of the bottom of the order guys. It wouldn't do anything on the defensive side, but just give the best hitter on each team a chance to get another at bat in a crucial spot.

Golden At Bat

In the Athletic this morning, Jayson Stark wrote of a potential rule change that may be coming, that is being called the Golden At Bat. Basically, every team would be allowed to have one "golden" at bat per game. That means they could have any hitter "pinch hit" in any spot they chose without rep...

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[WadeLookingbill]

In the Athletic this morning, Jayson Stark wrote of a potential rule change that may be coming, that is being called the Golden At Bat.


Basically, every team would be allowed to have one "golden" at bat per game. That means they could have any hitter "pinch hit" in any spot they chose without replacing the hitter. For example, if the Yankees had 6-7-8 coming up in the bottom of the 9th, they could have Juan Soto hit for one of their hitters instead of the bottom of the order guys. It wouldn't do anything on the defensive side, but just give the best hitter on each team a chance to get another at bat in a crucial spot.

Golden At Bat

In the Athletic this morning, Jayson Stark wrote of a potential rule change that may be coming, that is being called the Golden At Bat. Basically, every team would be allowed to have one "golden" at bat per game. That means they could have any hitter "pinch hit" in any spot they chose without rep...

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[Aardvark86]

jesus no

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

Dumb idea for multiple angles, not the least of which, you could fluff the hell out of a players numbers. We will end up with 100 Homer's in a season from a guy who wouldn't hit 60.

 

[TJ8869]

That might be the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard. Maybe we should also give each team one “do over” per game.

“Strike three!”

“Do over!”

 

[LuteHawk]

The Golden At Bat rule is not a good idea and should be
rejected. This makes no sense to mess up the flow of the
game with this type of intervention. MLB should get serious
about the escalating salaries of super stars which only a
few teams can afford. There should be a salary cap for all
teams to level the playing field.

 

[BioHawk]

FFS. Why don't we just go you have hitters and you have fielders. When your team is up to bat you have the batters do their thing. You would only actually need 5 batters then. If someone is on base when their next turn comes up to bat then whoever made the last out replaces them on the base paths. Then you would have fielders who would play defense for you. Like in football! Then you could have like 27 pitchers so no one gets too tired.

 

[hawkeyetraveler]

Next up: PGA players get actual mulligans.

 

[B1GDeal]

I'm all for robot strike zone and foul balls to get the calls right, but this is stupid.

 

[QChawks]

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

Next up: PGA players get actual mulligans.

A breakfast ball at minimum.

 

[fivecardstud14]

I like that Manfred is not afraid to change aspects of the game. The pitch clock is great. Ghost runner in the 10th is polarizing.

But this idea sucks.

 

[NDallasRuss]

Seems like a dumb "gimmicky" rule that doesn't do anything to address (to me) their biggest problem: they've become the worst sport at marketing stars. There used to be a bunch of players that you'd get excited to go see - guys like Bonds, McGwire, Sosa, Griffey, Big Papi, Randy Johnson, Clemens, Pedro, Maddux, etc, etc. You'd want to go when there was a chance to see guys like that play.

Now there's not really very many guys anyone would get excited to pay to go see - Shohei, maybe Judge. But who else would you really want to go out of your way to see? MLB needs stars. They need guys they can put on posters, that kids can get excited about seeing, and beat their parents down until they take them to the game.

 

[Kinnick 4 Prez]

 

[QChawks]

I understand the concept, the league wants their stars in more high-pressure situations.

However, it messed up the entire game in my opinion.

 

[joelbc1]

I like that Manfred is not afraid to change aspects of the game. The pitch clock is great. Ghost runner in the 10th is polarizing.

But this idea sucks.

I don’t mind the new extra inning rules..this idea runs counter to the spirit of tge game though.

 

[fredjr82]

I'm all for it! Baseball sucks to watch and anything they can do to spice it up is good for the game. Who the F wants to see Johnny No Name hit in the 9th spot with 2 on and 2 out down 1 in the 9th? Of course I want to see the top of the lineup in that situation. It just adds a wrinkle that could benefit the game.

 

[artradley]

FFS. Why don't we just go you have hitters and you have fielders. When your team is up to bat you have the batters do their thing. You would only actually need 5 batters then. If someone is on base when their next turn comes up to bat then whoever made the last out replaces them on the base paths. Then you would have fielders who would play defense for you. Like in football! Then you could have like 27 pitchers so no one gets too tired.

I like it!

 

[artradley]

Seems like a dumb "gimmicky" rule that doesn't do anything to address (to me) their biggest problem: they've become the worst sport at marketing stars. There used to be a bunch of players that you'd get excited to go see - guys like Bonds, McGwire, Sosa, Griffey, Big Papi, Randy Johnson, Clemens, Pedro, Maddux, etc, etc. You'd want to go when there was a chance to see guys like that play.

Now there's not really very many guys anyone would get excited to pay to go see - Shohei, maybe Judge. But who else would you really want to go out of your way to see? MLB needs stars. They need guys they can put on posters, that kids can get excited about seeing, and beat their parents down until they take them to the game.

The biggest problem is that not many balls are hit into play. Home runs and strike outs dominate.

 

[jneffer]

does it affect the rest of the order?

if you're down to the 9th spot in the lineup, and then use golden at bat for your lead off hitter, does that guy get 2 consecutive at bats?

 

[jamesvanderwulf]

Baseball was the perfect game. Keep your filthy ape hands off of it. Find a way to make soccer exciting, like using your hands. 3 hour 0-0 games lead to riots and hooligans...

 

[lucas80]

Sometimes I think Rob Manfred hates baseball. This is proof if he's really floating this idea.

 

[torbee]

Sofa King Dumb

 

[torbee]

Next up: PGA players get actual mulligans.

I might actually be for that, lol.

I per 9 would be hilarious.

 

[St. Louis Hawk]

Next up: PGA players get actual mulligans.

Now that’s an idea I like! Hit until you’re happy off 1 and 18 tee! My kind of golf!

 

[Tenacious E]

In the Athletic this morning, Jayson Stark wrote of a potential rule change that may be coming, that is being called the Golden At Bat.


Basically, every team would be allowed to have one "golden" at bat per game. That means they could have any hitter "pinch hit" in any spot they chose without replacing the hitter. For example, if the Yankees had 6-7-8 coming up in the bottom of the 9th, they could have Juan Soto hit for one of their hitters instead of the bottom of the order guys. It wouldn't do anything on the defensive side, but just give the best hitter on each team a chance to get another at bat in a crucial spot.

Golden At Bat

In the Athletic this morning, Jayson Stark wrote of a potential rule change that may be coming, that is being called the Golden At Bat. Basically, every team would be allowed to have one "golden" at bat per game. That means they could have any hitter "pinch hit" in any spot they chose without rep...

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They were talking about this on the radio this morning. I like one host's idea of making the golden bat rule where the batter gets to use an aluminum bat like they used to mash with in college, and see what happens.