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The NCAA has issued new standards for college baseball bats. Many agree this will change the game, but there’s not a clear consensus on whether that change will be for the better—until now, that is.

This rule impacts the major league draft every year, as well as some top-level pitching prospects in the past few years.

Can there be more than three outs in a half-inning?

This one appears to be a rule where umpires increasingly ignore intent.

Looking ahead, 2011 (Part 2); Happy New Year, everyone!

Don’t hate me yet.

Challenged and changed, the zone remains the same—and umpires are the interpreters of the rule

We have the technology to call balls and strikes more accurately, speed up the game and make it more fair. So why aren’t we using it?

A simple rule about illegal bat modifications that has a colorful history.