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.
On Wednesday's episode of The Dan Le Batatard Show with Stugotz they played an old clip of Stugotz pitching an incredibly similar idea called the "Magic At-Bat" to Manfred on the show years ago. (They ...
Rule changes have been a hallmark of Rob Manfred's tenure as MLB commissioner. His latest idea is being met with skepticism ...
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