Originally Posted by
jv001
Your idea sounds good, but teams would just go back to the old rule where the pitcher throws 4 balls way outside and then the hitter jogs to first base.
You may have missed the part in the middle where he gave options for countering this still (regardless of whether or not it was intentional):
Well, the team whose player is walked can turn it down. Well, then just walk him again. Well, the second time he gets second base, and the third time third base.
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