If I were Commissioner

With it being just the beginning of Spring Training there isn't much to comment on, and I don't "report", so I'm stealing a topic of discussion from a lunchbreak this week for a blog topic.

If I were Commissioner:

- The DH would be in both leagues, but limited to 100 games per year.  That would keep the full-time DHs out of the game (nothing against Harold Baines).  There would also be no 'DH put into the field, pitcher hits' rule, pitchers should never hit (nothing against Micah Owings).

- Each team would play a home & away single admission double header on Saturday(s).  I would strongly suggest teams not increase the ticket prices for those days more than 20%, although this is a free country and ticket prices are supply & demand driven.

- I'm not sure this falls under the "Commissoiner" tag, but I'd eliminate the Wins stat for a pitcher.  It simply doesn't matter anymore.  Back when pitchers threw entire games regardless of the score they could be responsible for a win or loss, but now with pitch counts and one inning bullpen guys wins are truly a team effort.  A teams record when a particular pitcher starts would be a better gauge.

Seems like there was more, so there may be a second part to this blog in a few days.

Yes, I know I left out the whole PED thing; get back to me when either more that a handful of a couple hundred are significant players or when there is a PED that improves either/both decision making (which pitches to swing at) and/or the ability to put a four inch section of a stick on a ball traveling at you 90 mph. Throw in the ability to spot a pitch where you want it as well. Find the list of minor leaguers that have been caught and let me know how many were actual prospects before or after the use (I'll save you some time, none).

Let's see, they don't help players perform on a baseball field; people are HR crazy about them...if they make a 375ft out go 400ft for a HR the they also make a 300ft (pick your distance) flyball go 330ft that makes it easier to catch or position under to keep someone from tagging up and advancing; the same would apply to the pace groundballs, 10% (pick your pct) faster gets some throught the infield for singles it would also quicken the pace of the slow roller making it a double play ball. 

A rule is a rule, and if broken one must pay the consequences. But let's be fair/reasonable/objective about things.