MLB wrestles with Opening Day, Covid plus Theo Epstein & New rules

BaseballBiz On Deck

• Wacky Week in baseball and Champa Bay
  • WWE at Tropicana home of Tampa Bay Rays, then looks at Amalie Arena and onto The Bucs Raymond James Stadium for Wrestlemania.
• Spring Training coming to a close plus Covid and Opening Day
• Governor Abbot says Texas is open - MLB has some decisions to make
  • Texas Rangers will be at 100% capacity with 40,000+ fans in the stadium on Opening Day.
  • Other teams limit to 25%
• MLB & Theo Epstein bring new rules to the game - how will they affect the game.
  • Changes to the size and fabric of the bases
  • New rules for Step Offs and Balks
  • Pitchers limited to 2 pick-offs
  • 15 second pitch clock
  • The Shift
  • disgruntled Robot Umpires (early April Fools)
• St Patrick chases the snakes out of Ireland &
• Mark offers hair of the dog recipes that are distasteful and don't work
• On Twitter find Brandon on @SportsBlitzPod & Mark @TheBaseballBiz
• Producer - Christina Hussey
• Special Thanks to XtakeRuX for the music Rocking Forward