San Diego Padres star Manny Machado became the first major league player in history Friday to have a strike called on him before he stepped into the batter’s box. This is what baseball will look like in this new era of rule changes:
It may have been the first spring-training game in modern history where the sellout crowd of 9,887 at the Peoria Sports Complex stayed until the finish, double-checking their watches trying to fathom how the game ended so quickly.No hitter stepped out and adjusted his batters’ gloves.And, when it was all over, there really were no complaints.
“I thought I had enough time, I was doing my thing, and he says, “You got two seconds left,’’’ Machado said. “I looked up, “Damn, it goes by fast.’’“I’m going in the Hall of Fame I guess …,’’ Machado said. …We’re in the record books at least. That’s a good one.’’ Sorry, there will be no more time for dilly-dallying. Get on the mound. Get in the batter’s box. And let’s get it on.
“I feel like it’s pretty useless to use fingers nowadays,’’ said Mariners starter Robbie Ray, “because of the PitchCom. The second I threw a pitch, [Mariners catcher Tom] Murphy was throwing it back to me and I had the next pitch I was going to throw.Well, maybe not so much for the left-handed Weathers, whose elbow kept hitting the PitchCom device on his delivery.
It took one ground ball from Padres outfielder Juan Soto in the first inning to the right of second baseman Kolten Wong to remind everyone what the game used to look like before all of the shifts. “It’s going to be cool to see more offense, more first to third, more runs, and you’re going to see some pretty good defense.’’
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