Rule Change Proposal - hats off to our outfielders

For a man of my modest skills, I have received a number of tributes. You might think that having a pitching award named after oneself, a-la Cy Young, would epitomize a life of glorification. Not so. I know I'm not really the best pitcher in our league, just the one who you see the most. The greatest compliment I ever received was the passing of "the Havelock Rule," which dictated that on the third foul ball after a two-strike count a batter is out. I forced this rule into being by using my skill as a foul-ball hitter to work 63 walks in a season. Some will say that the rule was passed not so much to take away my advantage in getting the free passes as it was to stop losing the time my ten-minute at-bats would take. I know better. My skills, along with others, such as Bobby Naranjo, were so overwhelming that the league changed the rules.
Today, the league faces the same sort of dilemma in regard to solidly hit balls landing fair in the outfield, which our talented crop of outfielders turn into force-outs at first or second base. Whereas years ago these were conceded as hits, now Zach Nilva, Alex Rivera, Derek Martinez, Ian Parfrey, Brian Hernandez, and others, are routinely firing strikes to first and getting outs. This development has been particularly debilitating to our older hitters who still have the skill to guide a line-drive to a vacant spot in the outfield, but don't possess the power to make the outfielders play back in fear of balls hit over their head or the speed to beat the throws. As a result, we have Gil Schmerler hitting .198, me at .227, Paul Geoghan at .250, Dave Rosengard at .231 and Marvin Cohen at .082. Just as it was bad for the game to have me getting on base via walks at such a high rate, I think it has now become bad for the game that our slower players are getting on-base at such a dismal rate.
I propose that we instigate a rule to automatically award first base to any hitter who hits a ball which lands safely in the outfield and to award a safety at any base that additional runners are forced at as a result of the hit.
I imagine that support of this rule will break down on a largely generational basis, as players tend to vote their self-interests. I never voted for The Havelock Rule. But I trust that, should the rule be passed, our outfielders will take it as the greatest of compliments.