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MLB’s baseball is behaving differently again, but no one seems to know why
The league says no intentional changes were made to the ball, but long fly balls are traveling about 4 feet less than they ...
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Umps Care Charities teams up with MLB Together for national campaign to curb abuse of sports officials in youth sports
UMPS CARE Charities – the official philanthropy of the Major League Baseball Umpires – is proud to announce that it has teamed up with MLB Together for a national campaign with a goal of curbing ...
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The MLB pitch clock rocks: How it works and why it will be great for baseball
Average MLB game length has skyrocketed ... to wrap up awards show speeches. People — baseball players included — cannot be expected to change behavior without structure and constraints ...
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Five Weeks In, Rule Changes Are Working Exactly As MLB Hoped
Through the first five weeks of the regular season, Major League Baseball’s rules changes ... comfortable that we will continue to see behavior change on the field. “One way to think about ...
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MLB's made a lot of rule changes over the past few years. The most noticeable? A pitch clock
One of the overlooked alterations to baseball is a change that happened in 2020 during the COVID-affected season. MLB mandated that teams would start the 10th inning with an automatic runner at ...
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MLB: Juan Soto Shows His Displeasure with Lineup Change
Nevertheless, his recent appearance against the Red Sox was unusual behavior for the MLB superstar ... of hustle on a grounder during Sunday Night Baseball. Besides his long single against ...
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Climate Change Is Making Baseball Worse
Thanks, in part, to warming air temperatures, home runs in the MLB are becoming ... in weather, the baseball itself, and player behavior. The new research notes that climate change-related ...
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MLB Internal Report Suggests New Pitching Rules to Curtail Injuries, Make Game More Entertaining
Stephen Brashear-Imagn Images Major League Baseball should consider rule changes to address the declines in pitchers’ health and the aesthetics of the game, according to an MLB internal report ...
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MLB rules changes have made trade deadline more about tryouts than blockbusters
The trade deadline is morphing into more of a time for auditions than blockbusters. There were swaps that have uplifted teams — particularly in the NL West. But the leagues evolution to ...
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"You can’t take away a home field advantage because of a few idiots” - MLB insiders react to Jeremiah Estrada’s remarks on Dodger Stadium fan behavior
"You're not going to take away a home field advantage, something that over an entire season a team worked for and earned, we're not going to change it ... the team and the MLB could ban the ...