Enter the SFLOI Steal Rule.
1) For pitchers designated as "fastball" hurlers base runners are allowed to steal. This rule DOES NOT apply to non-fastball pitchers.
2) Runners cannot leave the base until the ball is released by the pitcher (option is until it crosses the plate).
3) Players can advance on passed balls and wild pitches (rule would be suspended with certain players who can only play catcher).
4) Catchers may attempt pick offs at first (Pitchers cannot pick-off since the runner can't leave until the ball is thrown).
4) A pilot game is proposed for Hastings in 2010 with full adoption to be voted at the winter meeting
5) Added bonus is rule adds strategy to the game and the hit and run play
I look forward to a lively debate.
3 comments:
the only rule i like is number 4 only if runners could advance on a bad throw. the others are not good only because we dont have good catchers. they do their best and thats putting 2much pressure on them. admit one thing, nobody likes 2catch
Come on, no one in this game is Aroldis Chapman. Fast pitching, by which I assume you mean me and Derek, hasn't been markedly more effective this season than slower pitching (though 2009 was a different story). I strongly oppose the rule, the pilot game, and the notion that fastball pitching is ruining our game. Anyone who talks about excessive speed, bat against Adam Garcia in Riverdale, and then tell me how hard I throw.
I would love to be allowed to steal bases, and if I am catching, I would love to have an incentive to actually catch the ball, and to throw.
But there's something kind of aesthetically displeasing to me about rules that involve only certain players based on a prior designation.
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