20 September 2024

By The Numbers - part the seventy first

Well, Ohtani did become the first 50/50 ballplayer, and all the lamestream baseball pundits are cumming in their dad jeans. What a crock. There is no question that Ohtani is a major attraction. But the 50/50 gaga is silly.

In 2023, MLB changed the pitching rule to limit the pitcher to three throws to first base, and increased the size of the base. Hmm?

So, enquiring minds need to know: league wide, what happened to stolen bases from 2022 to 2023/2024? You guessed it, up. By a bunch (doesn't say how far into '24 the numbers go).

2022 - 1,261
2023 - 1,820
2024 - 1,851

Not like falling off a log, but c'mon man! Consider what Ricky would have done with these rules?

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