That is 100% different to me not nearly the same thing. if a pitcher can't throw to the base, and the ball is hit back to him tough, he a fielder he has to make the play, you can't play laser tag there. LOL. you can't stop the running game to help the pitcher either this affects the other part of the game.
And intentional walk builds up a pitcher's pitch count, which you know managers are slaves too sometimes to almost idiotic levels. The ball almost never gets by the catcher. it affects generally the next batter more. and whether you give a pitcher where he doesn't have to throw 4 pitches or not, it doesn't change the result of the game the other situations affect the result of the game. this is just absurd. boost pitchers counts, waist a 1-2 minutes until we get the next batter up, throw a pitcher off so we got him not hitting the plate and making the game unwatchable, which often leads to long innings and lengthening the game I am a big fan of this new rule it is absurd to do it any other way in my opinion, and your not changing anything other then saving the pitcher pitchers, possibly getting them not to lose their rhythem, and what are you giving up i can't remember the last time I seen a pitcher throw a wild pitch on and intentional walk, so it is not like that happen. just always seemed like a waste of time for me that the pitcher has to throw 4 pitches for many reasons, I could get into more reasons then I gave, I personally surprised it took this long to change that in my opinion.
