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MLB will have minor league experiment with moving back mound

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NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball wants to see if moving back the pitcher's mound will increase offense.

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Yahoo News

MLB’s independent partner league will experiment with moving mound back a foot, hybrid DH rule

The Atlantic League's changes could eventually make their way into MLB.

3 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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Associated Press News

MLB will have minor league experiment with moving back mound

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball wants to see if moving back the pitcher's mound will increase offense.

3 years ago·United States

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USA Today

MLB announces ambitious rules experiment for minor-league laboratory: Moving back the mound

As strikeouts annually outpace hits, MLB is hoping to reverse a 15-year trend of strikeout rates increasing

3 years ago·United States

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abc News

MLB will have minor league experiment with moving back mound

Major League Baseball wants to see if moving back the pitcher’s mound will increase offense

3 years ago·United States

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CBS Sports

MLB experimenting with moving back pitcher's mound as part of Atlantic League rule changes

MLB and the independent Atlantic League will also tie the DH to the starting pitcher

3 years ago·United States

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ESPN

Minor league to test farther mound, DH tweak

In the second half of Atlantic League play, the pitching rubber will go back to 61 feet, 6 inches, giving hitters more time to react. The league will also implement the "double-hook" rule, where a team loses its DH when it removes its starting pitcher.

3 years ago·United States

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