{"id":1374,"date":"2023-03-12T18:46:14","date_gmt":"2023-03-12T09:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tegered.work\/ohtani_channel_en\/?p=1374"},"modified":"2023-03-12T18:46:14","modified_gmt":"2023-03-12T09:46:14","slug":"mac-engel-an-11-year-old-breaks-down-exactly-why-mlb-had-to-put-in-rules-changes-purists-hate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tegered.work\/ohtani_channel_en\/?p=1374","title":{"rendered":"Mac Engel: An 11-year-old breaks down exactly why MLB had to put in rules changes purists hate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 75px;height: 75px;border-radius: 50%;background: url(https:\/\/nordot-res.cloudinary.com\/c_limit,w_200,h_200,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/ch\/units\/559943799184393313\/profile_1.png);background-position: center;background-size: cover;vertical-align: middle\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 5px;font-size: 14px;font-weight: bold;vertical-align: middle\">Published by <br \/>Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px\"><\/div>\n<p>FORT WORTH, Texas \u2014 The purists who loathe the MLB\u2019s changes to baseball need to turn down George Will, or nearly all ex-players, and listen to a kid. Specifically, a kid named Ted Michael. Ted Michael is 11 years old and, according to his mother, \u201cacts like he\u2019s 17, and tells people he is 12.\u201d Ted Michael is a fifth grader who plays baseball, basketball, soccer, flag football, and video games. He\u2019s a great kid. (Full disclosure: He\u2019s my nephew.) On a recent visit I asked him a handful of questions about sports. Without really knowing what he was talking about, he\u2019s an expert. What he said sho&#8230;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"nordot-read-more \" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nordot.app\/1007583442055741440?c=768235488726712320\" rel=\"noopener\">\u3082\u3063\u3068\u8aad\u3080<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published by Fort Worth Star-Telegram FORT WORTH, Texas \u2014 The purists who loathe the MLB\u2019s changes to baseball need to turn down George Will, or nearly all ex-players, and listen to a kid. 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