Quote Originally Posted by Cooterpoot View Post
Baseball is going to kill itself while trying to increase offensive numbers. They don’t realize most fans like the game for things other than the HR. When it becomes the NBA on a diamond I’m done with it. Especially when Bonds and Raffy etc. are banned for basically doing the same thing.
Let’s hit HRs and score a lot, but ban the guys that hit HRs and drove in runs and call them cheaters. MLB is trying to cheat the fans.
I think you can increase scoring AND make for a more exciting product. Let’s discuss things that seem way out there, but could juice excitement back into the game.

Reduce the defense to 8 players

Make the game 4 outs per inning rather than 3, but a strikeout counts for 2 outs.

Lower the mound a bit and move it to 61’.