Uuugggghhhhh

The MLB has come out with a new rule and I personally hate it with a raging passion. The rule states that if the pitcher plans to intentionally walk a batter, the pitcher must notify the home plate umpire of said decision. After the umpire is aware of the decision, he must send the batter to first base without a single pitch being thrown.

Here is the reason I hate the rule so much. Over the years, we have figured out that no pitcher can just throw a lat te da pitch to home plate. His instincts always seem to take over and they try to throw the ball much harder than it needs to be. There have been wild pitches that have left the players on base the chance to advance because the pitcher couldn’t control himself to do one simple thing.

At the same time, there have been pitchers that couldn’t even get the ball outside of the plate. They throw in a little lob and its right over the middle of the plate. This couldn’t be any better for the batter as he sees the slowest pitch of the game coming right down his sweet spot.

All in all, I think the rule is stupid and people are just trying to make the game faster. Baseball doesn’t need to be faster. It’s a game of skill and smarts. Yes, people don’t realize how athletic you have to be to play baseball, but they also don’t realize that you have to be a quick thinker. Nothing is given on an intentional walk so why are we just trying to hand out bases like Christmas gifts? Reverse the rule and make players earn the base.