On Modern Baseball

“They”, have broken my heart.  

Now “They”… are actively trying to kill THE most perfect  game invented by humans.  

Greed, that’s why. Greed trumps athletic art. EXPLETIVE,  EXPLETIVE, EXPLETIVE ! 

How you ask? 

Extra inning “ghost runners”; they start your half of the  inning on second base. The EXPLETIVE you say! Is this T-ball? 

The “Shohei Ohtani Rule”. Mind you, this new rule is  because of ONE guy’s ability to pitch as well as hit.  (If the starter is also hitting in the lineup, like Ohtani does, he can REMAIN in the game as a DH even if he’s pulled  out as the starter.) WHAT THE EXPLETIVE? I didn’t think the EXPLETIVE DH rule could be made  worse! I was wrong.  

Maybe, maybe not, keep double-headers to 7 innings  instead of 9 full innings. Are you EXPLETIVE kidding me  right now!?!

Best expressed by pitcher Madison Bumgarner who threw  a no-hitter last season that DIDN’T COUNT because….  Yep… it was a 7 inning game. “ We’ll just make this  EXPLETIVE up as we go. We’ll see whatever THEY like,  the flavor of the (insert EXPLETIVE) week… Maybe we’ll  start playing with an EXPLETIVE whiffle ball or  something.” 

Even bigger EXPLETIVE changes planned for next year  with: 

The pitch clock rule, 

Eliminating the infield shift, 

Bigger bases (currently 15” increased to 18””.  EXPLETIVE, EXPLETIVE, EXPLETIVE.  

And THEY are STILL talking about computer-laser monitored strike zones.  

Imagine saying the following words out loud to your  boss… 

“I don’t thing we have to be right on all of this stuff. Being  right always is one of the modes that baseball has to get out of. We can be wrong… we’re not going to break the  game…” 

Milwaukee Brewers manager Craig Counsell.  Yes! Yes you EXPLETIVE are! YES YOU ARE!  

… and I naïvely thought that “juiced” now maybe “un juiced” balls, automatic walks, the EXPLETIVE DH rule, lowering the mound & astro-turf were the worst things THEY, those EXPLETIVE greedy EXPLETIVES could  possibly do to my beloved perfect game… 

WRONG  

All ya’all greedy owners & players really need to be glad  that I am not EXPLETIVE omnipotent.  

Chuck Choate baseball fan. 

EXPLETIVE.