Stupid rule...

[bkbjones]

Originally Posted by Skahtboi

You mean, when a batter could call for a high or low pitch, and the pitcher had to deliver it to him, and when it took seven balls to issue a walk? Or, if you are talking about scoring, you mean when the Baltimore Orioles scored an average of 14 runs per game, which is far more than any other team in the 20th and 21st centuries? Or, are you talking about when the Chicago Colts(Cubs) scored 36 runs in one game?

None of the above. Not even taking nine balls (which it really didn't...nor did it really take seven...and I can explain if you want) for a base on balls.

No...I mean when the pitchers were at 50 feet and no one was scoring hardly ANY runs.

And...the game in which the Colts scored all those runs was against the Louisville team which soon had the manager and five players expelled from baseball for inveterate gambling and throwing games. You'll find that a hall of famer then became their managers...and the Louisvillians were usurped by a team...and the rest is history.

If memory serves me right (and I could Google it, but that would be cheating since the rest of this has all come from memory), the Orioles scored all those runs when the distance was first moved to 60'6" (which was NOT a surveryor's mistake). Once the pitchers adjusted, it was all downhill.

Just as baseball exploded the year the pitchers moved back to 60 feet, we can expect something similar if NFHS goes to 43.

Want more offense in college? It will not happen anytime soon, but just move the pitchers back another three feet -- or seven feet to a full 50.