July 30, 2020

Another Bush League Move by MLB

ESPN is reporting Major League Baseball will cut the length of doubleheader games from nine innings to seven innings effective immediately.

This is just another bush league move, more closely associated with high school baseball than major league baseball.  There have been very rare occasions in the past where MLB allowed teams to play seven inning doubleheader games, but never a whole season.  This is more proof MLB and its "management" are making the rules up on the fly.  The question that comes to mind is why wasn't this rule implemented prior to the start of the season instead of now, eight days after the 2020 season started?

MLB and its players will tell you this is for the safety of its players.  But, the question then becomes why play the games at all?  As I wrote Tuesday night.  Just cancel the whole season and come back next spring.  Just shut it down now.  Rob Manfred you're still an idiot and should be canned immediately.


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