***OFFICIAL SCORING***
Increase the number of umpires per crew from 4 to 5, with one umpire assigned to the official scorer's booth. This would be part of the regular rotation. An umpire would work a game at each base and a game scoring.
There are a lot of advantages to this. No scorer would have any kind of "alliance" with a team or player. the Umpires would get a day off from the physical demands of the job. The best advantage: CONSISTENCY. For example, if a team had a good fielding but light-hitting shortstop, there would be no "home-town" scorer giving that player the benefit of the doubt on questionable (or obvious) errors. The paperwork would also be consistent and not subject to change after a player berated the scorer in the clubhouse afterward. Since scorers are currently sportswriters for the home team, they often give in so players will still talk to them.
I'm tired of batters being given "hits" because the ball was too hot to handle. BULL****! They are major league fielders; there is no such thing as "too hot".
Picasner will never be named Commissioner of Baseball, but if you read these changes carefully, you will realize: HE SHOULD BE.
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