"Just a few months back, he scrambled the brains of baseball fans with his idea of a golden at bat, which would allow a chosen player to come to the plate, once a game, when it wasn't their turn to hit. Oh, he got his publicity alright: many of us took the bait. Was it a genuine, bona fide idea? Probably not."
"Manfred, who has brought unprecedented change to on-field rules the pitch clock, the shift ban, three batter reliever minimums, the ghost runner, just to name just a few is back playing with the heads of the public, this time, floating plans to realign baseball's 30 teams, who will be upped to 32 if the sport adds two more franchises through expansion, which the circuit is widely expected to do."
Rob Manfred proposed realigning Major League Baseball and possibly expanding from 30 to 32 teams, generating widespread public reaction. Manfred has implemented several major on-field rule changes, including the pitch clock, the shift ban, a three-batter reliever minimum, and the ghost runner. A previously floated golden at-bat concept drew publicity but did not move into minor-league implementation. Potential expansion cities mentioned include Nashville, Salt Lake City, Raleigh, and Portland, with Montreal as an outside candidate. The proposed realignment could effectively dissolve the American League/National League structure that has existed since 1903 and intensify debate about baseball's future.
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