Hey, it's Michael. This week, the Daily is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year, listening

back and hearing what's happened in the time since they first ran. Today, we return to a historic plan that Major League Baseball

rolled out this past spring to try and save the sport from the tyranny

of the home run and then explore whether the plan has actually worked.

It's Friday, December 29th.

So Mike, the last time that we had you want to talk about baseball, you came on to talk about how the sport was weathering or not weathering the pandemic. And the reason we've asked you to come back is because

baseball is now experiencing another major change. So tell us about that change.

This season, Baseball will operate under new rules that are the biggest changes in on the field play,

certainly in my lifetime, if not the history of the game.

Wow, just give me a couple tastes of this change.

There's three big rule changes coming this season.

The pitch clock.

Kind of like a shot clock.

Sort of, yeah, a shot clock.

That is a big change.

What else?

The bases are bigger.

You won't be able to notice it with your eye.

But they are bigger, correct. And then you have Major League Baseball

creating these rules about where defenders, fielders in the field

the field can stand.

What is driving these changes, Mike?

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