What do you think will happen?

Hitters can't even bunt because it's SOOOOO HARD. They can't hit the other way. All they do is zone in on what they can hit and look at every other pitch. Ks will be up, RS will be down. HR will be down. You want to wait 3 years to see what happens, that's a different story.

I'm not against it, just for 3 years institute it everywhere else first.

I don't think so. Strikeouts are up because hitters get into bad counts trying to coax walks and because of a cultural imperative to "see" pitches. If you open up the strikezone that will force the batters to get up there and swing.

The point is, the length of the games isn't the problem for people who actually like baseball.

A 4 hour game is fine. From the little spring training I watched the actual game is more interesting with the faster pace.

I disagree. Four hours is ridiculous for virtually everything imo. Watching a Buerhle pitched game was glorious. Watching a Cleveland game managed by the Human Rain Delay could be horrible, even with all their talent.

4 hours can seem fast if the pacing of the action is right. Waiting 50 seconds for a pitch which then gets fouled off and they do it again is a grind.

I disagree. Four hours is ridiculous for virtually everything imo. Watching a Buerhle pitched game was glorious. Watching a Cleveland game managed by the Human Rain Delay could be horrible, even with all their talent.

All periphery fixes. Time, bases, shifts. Ball on bat is the fix. Early and often. Pitch to contact and see how good the defense is. That was the essence of baseball from the gitgo. The strike out artist was a treat, not a generality. The Home run was a treat, maybe even essential for some teams, but not all 30 of them. No diversity of play. All cookie cutter baseball. If you don't play cookie cutter, you get whomped. That's where we're at.

Nardi...I do agree with you that bat on ball is the answer, but there is no way to "ease" that in. The strike zone enforcement needs to happen. It will take time for teams to adjust and evolve to it, but it just needs to happen. Strike outs are fine...the game is still moving. The real problem is the dead time. That's what is killing the game. I'm sure everyone is different, but the ridiculous bullpen changes is what gets me to find something else to do.

Replay has been a failure in just about every sport using it. There's no way to do it quickly...that also has to go. It's just not worth the wasted time.

Replay is like taxes and the remote control. Once you have it, you never let go. Bullpens are a sweatshop, no doubt. But teams are locked in on protecting their investment in starters. Not to mention their agents. If you knock the season down to 120 games, it's a whole new ballgame in that area.

Hey JORR, if you like 4 1/2 hour 9 inning games, and I know you like horse racing...you're gonna love this

https://twitter.com/PitchingNinja/status/1127236417900490752?lang=en

More balls in play would be excellent, but short of eliminating the ability to get an out via the strikeout, I think it's just about impossible to legislate that more balls be put in play. IMHO, the only thing that gets that to change is if one prominent player, or a small group of prominent players, enjoy tremendous success eschewing homeruns and focusing on getting on base and taking as many extra bases as possible.