MLB Ends American Rules Baseball

Since taking office in 2015, the new baseball commissioner, Rob Manfred, has made it a mission to change American baseball. At first I thought it was an ego trip to get into the history books as the man who changed baseball, but now that enough changes have been made, the real agenda is much clearer, especially when realizing that he couldn't do anything without owner support.

The last few years have seen changes to the game under the claim that "the games are too long". That never made sense. Fans don't complain about the length of the games. Non-fans do. They don't buy tickets or count as viewers, so who cares what they think? I don't. One change is the removal of the intentional walk. Instead of walking a batter, someone "calls it," and the batter goes to first. Another change is a requirement that pitchers have to face three batters or pitch to the end of the current inning. These rule are supposed to make the games faster. But wait.

This season, 2022, the National League will permanently switch to a designated hitter. The biggest impact that has is to make the games much, much longer. Ah, ha. So, the time-saving changes were implemented in order to introduce the designated hitter into the National League. It turns out MLB was lying the whole time about the length of the games as a reason for making changes.

Here's the problem. Any game with a designated hitter is not baseball. Any game without the intentional walk is not baseball. Any game with a minimum number of batters that has to be faced is not baseball. Tweaking the rules to fix a rule that doesn't work as intended is okay. Changing the game is not permitted. When the game itself is changed, it's no longer baseball.

It gets worse. I believe the next change will be to add a pitch count rule. Every once in a great while, I'll see an international baseball game that has a pitch count rule. It's something like 65 to 85 pitches. It depends on various factors. Pitch count rules are always claimed to be for safety to prevent injuries. In reality, it makes everyone more equal. In other words, it's to appease countries with a Marxist/Socialist/Communist mindset. It reduces the difference between starting pitchers and relievers. An American rules game could have a pitcher go 7, 8 or 9 innings. An international rules game would stop the pitcher at the limit. There would be no more shutouts, perfect games or no hitters. Any of those would have to be done by a combination of pitchers, and that doesn't count. It removes the American value of exceptionalism and makes everyone more equal. The highest ideal is Marxism to make everyone equal. Pitch count rules are based on that mindset. As a side note, social justice is a pillar of Marxism. Its purpose is to make everyone equal.

So, what we have and are moving into are two different types of baseball: American Rules Baseball and International Rules Baseball. Major League Baseball is no longer an American Rules game. It's an International Rules game. Beginning this year, 2022, American Rules Baseball is gone at the professional level and will never be played again at that level.

In order to preserve the national pastime from greedy owners who have shown a complete disrespect for the game and disrespect for the American people and America history and heritage, I propose that Congress remove the monopoly exemption granted to MLB in 1922. The current owners are clearly unworthy to be the caretakers of the national pastime.

I've never watched an American League game because of the designated hitter. This year I will no longer watch National League games either.

Have a great weekend.