Another bad idea from MLB: Intentional walks will now be automatic
(WorldNews Politics)

Is there no non-problem Commissioner Rob Manfred won’t try to solve? As part of its initiative to improve pace-of-game play, Major League Baseball has approved a change to the intentional walk rule, going from the traditional four-pitch walk to a dugout signal, it was announced Wednesday… Getting rid of the old-fashioned intentional walk would eliminate about a minute of dead time per walk. In an age in which intentional walks actually have been declining — there were just 932 all last season (or one every 2.6 games) — that time savings would be...