Possible Fed Rule Changes for 2015.

3afan · #1 (**permalink**) Thu Apr 24, 2014, 04:45am

5 - YES! checking bats is dumb!

I'd like to see the penalty for an IP be reduced to just a ball on the batter. More umps would actually call it then.

Tru_in_Blu · #2 (**permalink**) Thu Apr 24, 2014, 05:54am

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Originally Posted by 3afan

5 - YES! checking bats is dumb!

I'd like to see the penalty for an IP be reduced to just a ball on the batter. More umps would actually call it then.

As a former pitcher, I'd love this. I could then choose when to cheat and might often-times never be called on it. With such a mild penalty, it would be well worth the gamble.

IRISHMAFIA · #3 (**permalink**) Thu Apr 24, 2014, 06:25pm

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Originally Posted by 3afan

5 - YES! checking bats is dumb!

I'd like to see the penalty for an IP be reduced to just a ball on the batter. More umps would actually call it then.

Someone tried to push that through ASA a couple years ago and was shot down.

Still too many people, even in the game, believe it is the same as a balk and so the penalty should be similar though the IP has zero affect on the runners

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