- May 13, 2023
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Have talked about how much this has changed the game over the years. Glad to see others commenting to recognize it!It really did not take a rocket scientist to figure out when they changed this rule batters were going to start crowding the plate and standing like statues. Batters crowd the plate far more now than they did before. It would really help if umpires would actually call the rule correctly rather than treating it as a free pass to first.
Definitely ability for pitchers to utilize more pitching locations has been taken away.