Posted by hoopsrus on 7/2/2020 6:30:00 PM (view original):
1989 P Mike Moore - Athletics - $7,074,681
unrelated, after all this COVID stuff, I had forgotten about the new 3-hitter rule. I don't like it - it takes away from late-inning strategy. Let the people who complain about games taking too long go play video games, don't mess with our late-inning fun!
I agree, and I think they failed to consider the ramifications of how it will make some games longer! Consider that I bring in a guy who is typically a situational lefty to face the other team's monster lefty ... and he walks him. Ordinarily, I go to the pen immediately for a righty but now I can't. I gambled that my guy would get out of it, but he didn't. Now I have a bad matchup against the next couple hitters who he has to face, and he's already struggling with control.
You tell me how that pitcher staying in there to face the next two hitters is going to shorten the game if he starts giving up hits and runs that otherwise wouldn't have been as likely to score. Extra batters = longer games.