Early reactions to the procedure for detecting substances that improve grip on balls have been overwhelmingly negative and counterproductive to Commissioner Rob Manfred’s primary goal, to reduce the duration of matches.
“What a mess!“Were the words that a person said while we watched Max scherzer be reviewed for the third time in four innings during Tuesday’s matchday in the game that saw him face Washington Nationals against Philadelphia phillies, just before tempers flared between the pitcher and the opposing leader, Joe Girardi.
Meanwhile in #MLB pitchers are under scrutiny in the search for illegal foreign substances.
The review left us with the unusual image of Max Scherzer about to drop his pants and Joe Girardi expelled from the game. 😳 pic.twitter.com/wDXlbmVNLJ
– ESPN Sports (@ESPNDeportes) June 23, 2021
Since Tuesday the games have passed, more reviews, more discomfort, until Sergio Romo from Oakland Athletics threw everything on the floor and dropped his pants before they went to check it and the Dominican Freddy peralta, launcher Milwaukee BrewersBefore he could throw a pitch, he was called to take his glove (with which he has always thrown) because the color was “too light”, According to the commentators at the time the event occurred.
And it is not only the discontent of the community of launchers of Big leagues, who are paying for something that the league allowed for years (until it was a problem), but the reception of the fans to each of the “police raids”That you see the referees perform has been largely negative. In the end, the measure is correct, the trap must be eliminated, in the way, unfortunately and so far Rob manfred Y MLB They have gotten a zero in the qualification.
Freddy Peralta’s glove is confiscated for being a very light color 👀#MLBxESPN pic.twitter.com/hlvjscC80c
– ESPN.com.do🇩🇴 (@ESPN_DO) June 23, 2021
At the end of the day it must be remembered that the pitchers are the main responsible for this happening and although it is understood that they are upset by each of the reviews, they abused the non-observance of MLB (obviously, not all), but neither can this be allowed to be a tacky circus, as it has been so far.
Above all, the measure he has done is to delay the games, contrary to everything he has tried Rob manfred in his years as a commissioner to reduce the time of each encounter. In short, the application of the measure does not make any sense. Additionally, it creates a problem because the managers can send to check the pitchers as many times as they want without there being a real consequence, which will end up becoming a way to deconcentrate the pitcher.
About this, there is a measure that was given by the former player Will middlebrooks which is quite interesting. If a manager sends a pitcher to check and he has nothing, his team loses the ability to challenge plays for the remainder of the game. It is fair and will prevent further chaos.
In the midst of the anger of pitchers and fans, of the traps that led to this situation where the stupidity of a league that wants to pretend that it has not caused a greater problem than it already had, the only thing that truly suffers is baseball. That is why this plan, from now on and for now, is a failure.
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