Baseball Will Never Be The Same After The Stealing First Base Rule
The independent Atlantic League recently added a new rule whereas a player in the batter's box can steal first base if a throw goes past the catcher. If the batter chooses to run on a missed throw, however, the catcher can throw him out. On July 7th, 2019, Atlantic League player Tony Thomas made history when he became the first player in baseball history to steal first base. Here’s why baseball will never be the same again.
Now, this is all hypothetical, but proposing Major League Baseball adopted this new rule, one thing would happen for sure. Pitching would be more controlled. To avoid being stolen on, pitchers would have to make sure their pitches were going to hit the catchers glove. To make sure this would happen, pitchers would likely serve more hittable pitches avoiding pitches around the inside corners. This would help contribute to more hits, which would mean more homers, which would mean more runs.
It would sure be interesting if the MLB applied this rule to games. Maybe they will test the rule out next Spring Training.
