MLB's Golden At-Bat Rule Floated By Rob Manfred Is Wild Enough to Work
As Stark floated, the ideal outcome for the Golden At-Bat is more matchups like the famed showdown between Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout in the 2023 World Baseball Classic. The downside, of course, is that scarcity is part of what makes moments like those memorable.
An old interview showed that Rob Manfred was vehemently against the Golden At-Bat rule he's now considering
In an unearthed video from a 2015 Dan Le Batard Show interview, Jon “Stugotz” Weiner pitched the very idea of the Golden At-Bat to Manfred, calling it a “Magic At-Bat.” Instead of once per game, Stugotz wanted managers to be able to use it four (or five) times.
Various figures from around the MLB have criticized commissioner Rob Manfred’s suggestion of a Golden At-Bat rule, which ...
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Golden at-bat idea brings critics to the plate: ‘Absolutely stupid and ridiculous’When baseball historian Bill Humber first heard about the golden at-bat idea that Major League Baseball commissioner ...
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