Rule Changes

[cubfan87]

I'm not sure if this has been discussed, but I don't remember seeing a thread about it. Just received my Sports Weekly and discovered the rule changes. This year will be the first time since 1996 that there are changes to the official baseball rules.

Tie games that are stopped because of weather or some other reason will be finished at a later date rather than be considered a tie. These games were originally considered official.

Pitchers only have 12 seconds (used to be 20) to release the ball to home plate when no one is on base. If they go over that limit the pitch will be a ball.

Hitters will have an automatic strike against them if they violate the rule that requires that one foot be in the batter's box durring an at-bat, with some exceptions.

Any player that is caught scuffing the ball will get an automatic 10 game suspension.

Any player that is caught putting "soil, rosin, paraffin, licorice, sandpaper, emery paper, or other foreign substance" on the ball will also get an automatic 10 game suspension.

[uppercase_D]

I guess the biggest one is the 12 second rule. I know they are trying to speed up the game, but 12 seconds seems awfully quick. I really doubt that gets heavily enforced. Thinking about it, I cant really remember a time when the 20 second rule was enforced either.

[woodchip2153]

I guess the biggest one is the 12 second rule. I know they are trying to speed up the game, but 12 seconds seems awfully quick. I really doubt that gets heavily enforced. Thinking about it, I cant really remember a time when the 20 second rule was enforced either.

 

I think the clock starts after the pitcher gets the sign from the pitcher, but I don't know that for sure.

[CuseCubFan69]

They can put a little pitch clock on top of the backstop and scoreboard like they do a shot clock on the backboard on each end.

[Schwarber Fan]

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[NCCubFan]

I think the clock starts after the pitcher gets the sign from the pitcher, but I don't know that for sure.

The pitcher must have multiple personality disorder. :lol: