MLB Reportedly Floating Around Insane Rule Change That Could Potentially Make 9th Innings More Exciting

For the past several years the MLB has kicked around several ideas to spruce up the game in an attempt to get millenials to tune in. Just yesterday, the MLB announced that they were limiting mound visits to reduce the length of games. Today, Rich Eisen revealed that the MLB is floating around an insane rule change that could potentially make the 9th inning of games more exciting.

Via 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.

According to Eisen, MLB execs want to give their stars more opportunities to deliver in clutch moments ala LeBron or Tom Brady.

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”

Even though this a pretty cool idea, the MLB will never do this because they are petrified of change. Changing small pace of play stuff is easy to implement but to change something that completely alters the way the game is played is going to get some major push back.

Update: Baseball fans have chimed in and it seems like they’re not impressed with the idea.

https://twitter.com/s3friedman/status/966357419243614209

https://twitter.com/benyankee/status/966350357503860741