MLB Floating Idea That Lets Teams Bat Anyone They Want In The 9th Inning (VIDEO)

Once upon a time, Major League Baseball was the most popular sport in the country and no other sport in the States could come close to matching its popularity. Those times are long gone now as the NFL and NBA have easily surpassed the MLB, and there are no signs of that changing anytime soon.

The league has been looking at different ways of attracting viewers and making their product more exciting for fans, and they just might have something here. According to reports, the league is considering a crazy rule that would allow teams to pick whoever they want to bat in the ninth inning.

According to Rich Eisen:

“There’s an idea being floated in MLB of a manager being allowed to bat whoever he wants when trailing in the 9th. So just for a perfect example the Yanks are down two or three runs in the 9th inning and Aaron Boone gets to put Sanchez, Stanton, Judge up there against your closer.”

The idea is to give the best players in the league an opportunity to play in a crucial part of the game, much like the NFL and NBA does.

“MLB exec: “No other sport has the best players sitting on the bench in the final minutes of a game. Imagine LeBron, Brady, Renaldo watching from the sidelines”

One #MLB executive told @richeisen about an idea to improve excitement in the game by allowing managers to put anyone up to bat in the 9th inning if trailing. Good idea or crazy? pic.twitter.com/IgM6Zrofer — Rich Eisen Show (@RichEisenShow) February 20, 2018

This might be the shake-up MLB needs, but fully expect baseball purist to fight this every step of the way.

(Bro Bible)

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