Korean Pitcher Tries To Peg Runner With His Pickoff Throw

The Score – In Korean Baseball Organization action, a bizarre play unfolded on what looked like a routine pick-off attempt at second base. As the pitcher spun around, neither the shortstop or second baseman were at the base to make a play. Just when it appeared as though the sequence was over, Chang-yong fired a missile right at the runner’s head. The ball just barely missed him and sailed into center field. It’s unclear what triggered the dangerous play, but the pitcher escaped ejection nonetheless. Lim appeared in six games for the Cubs in 2013.

How much better would baseball be if pegging was implemented? Maybe not on every play but maybe just when you’re running the bases. Like how you can be out if a batted ball hits you, I think you should be out if a thrown ball hits you too. I’ll tell you what – it will certainly make you think twice about taking a lead. If a pitcher can spin and put one in your ribcage you’d keep that ass firmly planted on the bag. And anyone taking a lead would be taking their lives into their own hands. The stakes would be raised a hundred thousand notches. Now all the sudden The Pickoff becomes the most exciting play in sports. Never again will you hear the crowd boo a throw over to first. It takes the most boring element of the game and instantly makes it the most intriguing. Its brilliant. Abolish the DH, implement pegging.

Also I think you should have to circle the bases twice and you score by touching the rubber on the mound. Basically I’m just trying to turn Major League Baseball into Matball.