Why move pitching distance?

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Originally Posted by JefferMC

Assuming that Cat pitched two whole games on 2/25, for the home team, that's be 13 K out of 36 batters (2 games, bottom of 6 innings, 3 batters each) at least 27 apparently hit the ball somewhere.

I still don't see how one person can argue both safety and increased offense in the same breath with respect to moving the rubber back. And I keep hearing it...

It has increased the offense in your standard game. You are using one of the top pitchers in the country as a baseline. That dog don't hunt.

As far as the safety issue, considering the speed of the ball, the movement of the pitcher toward the launch point, I don't think the gain in safety is enough to use as valid reasoning.