MLB Reportedly Experimenting With Absurd 'Stealing First' Rule in Independent Atlantic League

Well, the MLB may have officially found the most ludicrous way possible to increase offense in the game.

Though it's going to take a ton of dominoes falling into place to even sniff the big leagues, the MLB has used the independent Atlantic League as ground zero for much of their rule change testing, whether it is robotic umpires or pitch clocks. But the newest one, stealing first base, may have just crossed the line from ingenuity to insanity.

The stealing first rule change would mean that any dropped ball or wild pitch could allow the batter to run to first, and if that player reaches first safely, the at-bat is over and the runner is aboard. This rule does not make much sense, and takes some of the difficulty of hitting away from the game.

And yes, this can even take place if a runner occupies first.

Baseball purists can already be heard screaming bloody murder over this potential rule adaptation, as they are all hoping for it to fail in Indy Ball swiftly.

This rule would give speedsters an unfair advantage at the pate, increasing the amount of ways they could reach base safely. This rule may be in the trial phases right now and might be plenty fun to watch in Somerset or Long Island, but if by some chance it starts to climb the ladder, it would be a mistake for the MLB.