[currymj]

i tend to agree that baseball shouldn't be tweaked. although I think if there's a way to incentivize small ball somehow without doing anything ridiculous, that would probably be good for the sport. the three true outcomes are dull.

if you were going to make an outrageous rule change, i've often thought that you could have some sort of "offsides rule", where either the outfielders have to be inside some line when the pitch is thrown (thus requiring them to run farther and limiting flyouts), or the infielders have to be outside some line (requiring them to sprint in and increasing the chance of reaching base on a grounder). or both, if you want things to be very silly.