TMC
04-10-2025, 07:08 PM
2MJB-ghhmck
In the beginning of a sport, even the basic things need to have rules such as taking advantage of fair and foul ball rules and distracting batters and runners. Then there are more consequential changes (https://www.totalprosports.com/mlb/15-mlb-players-you-had-no-clue-were-responsible-for-massive-rule-changes/) like changing the baseballs after Ray Chapman died, lowering the mound after Bob Gibson dominated in 1968, not allowing players to blow the ball foul, not allowing collisions at the plate with catchers like Buster Posey, not allowing players to slide like Chase Utley, making certain rules for an ambidextrous pitcher like Pat Venditte, and the Shohei Ohtani rule (https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/uz994a/which_players_have_had_rules_unofficially_named/).
In the beginning of a sport, even the basic things need to have rules such as taking advantage of fair and foul ball rules and distracting batters and runners. Then there are more consequential changes (https://www.totalprosports.com/mlb/15-mlb-players-you-had-no-clue-were-responsible-for-massive-rule-changes/) like changing the baseballs after Ray Chapman died, lowering the mound after Bob Gibson dominated in 1968, not allowing players to blow the ball foul, not allowing collisions at the plate with catchers like Buster Posey, not allowing players to slide like Chase Utley, making certain rules for an ambidextrous pitcher like Pat Venditte, and the Shohei Ohtani rule (https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/uz994a/which_players_have_had_rules_unofficially_named/).