At least 50% of the leagues pitchers mimic Tim Lincecum’s pitching motion. Because of this there is a huge discrepancy between pitchers who throw in the mid 90’s to the ones who throw in the mid 100’s. That and robot bullpen catchers.

The Giants move the fences in 300ft and allow teams to use metal bats.

Players will all be 9 foot tall power swinging galoots.
It will take 8 hours to complete 9 innings.
I liked my idea in another thread to have pitchers throw out of a hole in the ground so I am including it again here.
Tickets will cost 600 dollars for the bleachers and it will take a 2nd mortgage if you want to drink beer at the park.
NO MOREPARKING LOTS! We will all fly to the game in our Jetson cars.

The game will not be televised anywhere, as Fox’s newest MLB contract will contain a clause banning the broadcasting of any games on TV or radio. Those without tickets to the game will gather along the promenade by McCovey Cove to hear one of Dave Flemming’s daughters describe the action in Esperanto.

Mainly the chants and cheers from the dugout that the female players introduce

will no longer look like they are from the future (or from
the filming of Barbarella). They will, however, still be
fookin ugly.

2028: FLAWED, FALLIBLE, NOBBIEST WHINER

Man, we’re never gonna get rid of Zito.

Kind looks like Omar

75 pitches will be the new 100 pitch count.

And, of course, Bruce Jenkins’s head will have exploded numerous times.

short shorts will return to the NBA.

more instant replay. pitchers won’t ice after starts. Sunflower seeds will be shown to cause cancer. A beer at the ballpark will cost over $100.

MLB will feature “No Pants Fridays” nationwide.

the field will light up one color when a ball drops in fair and another when it’s foul, same for homeruns/non HRs, the uniforms will be some crazy space age material and if we don’t look out they’ll be one-piece jumpsuits. They’ll eventually ban wood bats after one shatters and kills the pitcher – they’ll go to some kind of indestructible resin that exactly mimics wood without breaking. Every player will take an instantaneous blood test for PEDs before every game along with a chip in their head that alerts the MLB if they’re lying.

between every inning.

The uniforms will be the most different. They go to all cotton.

As the pace of life continues to become more frenetic, and attention spans wane:

1. Less time between innings
2. Less time allowed for pitching changes
3. Batters cannot call “time”
4. Pitch clock (similar to NBA’s shot clock)
5. Baseball games average 39 minutes shorter length than today

Computer/radar detected balls/stikes, and four/fair.

Also, look for corporate advertising on uniforms in all sports.

I think it’s very likely that both leagues will have adopted the DH. I don’t think the DH will ever leave, since it’s equivalent to taking away a job, which the union probably wouldn’t allow. I know it’s blasphemy to say this, but I will be happy. I’m sicking of watching pitchers hit. The majority of them suck at it and the core of the game is the batter/pitcher matchup. Give me more Ortiz and Hafner ABs and less Randy Johnson hacks.

They will have GPS sensors in the ball, in home plate, along the foul lines, and along the wall. The umpires will be all but moot as instant replay just goes to show how wrong they are all the time, but the Union fights to have them left on the field and make strange, insignificant gestures as the ball flies, bounces and rolls around the ballpark as computers have all but completely taken over the officiating of the game.

They will have computer emulators for announcers, bringing back all the great voices of baseball past, shoring up the desire to “bring back the time when the game was really a game”.

Since there is no more paper money or credit cards, we have all of our bank info on a chip under our skin, everything we purchase, ever will be implanted on that chip, and instead of blood, piss, or hair tests, they will just scan you chip to see what drugs you had taken and if they are appropriate for that day/part of the season, since nearly all athletes will be using drugs of some kind to enhance their “well-being” and “ability to be competitive”.

All surgeries will be in cybernetics; giving pitchers cyborg shoulders, and elbows, allowing them to throw 120 mph curveballs and 140 mph fastballs with pinpoint accuracy; giving hitters cyborg legs and eyes, allowing them the ability to know where the ball is at all times, whether to swing, or take an extra base without having to actually see the ball.

Beer will not only be disallowed at the ballpark, it will stop being made period, as after the war of 2012, prohibition went back into effect, as did mandatory neural stimulators to relax the general public. You will now be charged $125 for a glass of sweet tea, and the effect of sugar will end up bring the same effect as alcohol.

still zero world series wins for San Francisco.