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New Changes in College Baseball

The Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved allowing coaches to have two challenges per game in Division I Baseball — if the technology is available. Also passed:

• You now may not make a move to be intentionally HBP. If you do, a strike is called.

• Teams are now limited to six defensive conferences per game.

• Any ruling on an intentionally hit batter cannot be argued.

• The third to first pickoff move has been outlawed in college baseball

• Pitchers will no longer be required to throw four pitches for intentional walks. You may just choose to intentionally walk a batter.

• Defensive players not allowed to block base w/o ball

DEFEATED:

• A proposal to make a 20-second pitch clock mandatory in all of Division I Baseball was rejected.

• Expanding the 20-second pitch click with runners on base was rejected.

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"There was a great deal of character on that field today. They are for real, no doubt about it. This was no fluke." - Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant

tg300 (439)

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Re: New Changes in College Baseball

The Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved allowing coaches to have two challenges per game in Division I Baseball — if the technology is available. So us po folks can't has no challenges?  Also passed:

• You now may not make a move to be intentionally HBP. If you do, a strike is called.

Some are obvious.  What about just standing there?

• Teams are now limited to six defensive conferences per game.

Good

• Any ruling on an intentionally hit batter cannot be argued.

But they will be.

• The third to first pickoff move has been outlawed in college baseball

Good again.  Seems we were the only ones who ever fell for it anyway.

• Pitchers will no longer be required to throw four pitches for intentional walks. You may just choose to intentionally walk a batter.

Dislike, even if it bites us in the ass.

• Defensive players not allowed to block base w/o ball

Stealing second just got easier.

DEFEATED:

• A proposal to make a 20-second pitch clock mandatory in all of Division I Baseball was rejected.

The umpire can start calling balls to fix this.

• Expanding the 20-second pitch click with runners on base was rejected.

See above.