What major Changes will Rob Manfred make as new MLB Comissioner?

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Have you gotten to know Rob Manfred yet?

After the 2014 MLB season, the 55-year old Harvard Law graduate will have the game resting in his hands. Now we speculate on some of the major changes he brings to the game during his tenure.

According to My Top Sportsbooks, here are the odds on some of the changes Manfred could implement:

• All-Star Game no longer determines home field for World Series
Odds: 10/1

• More Playoff Teams Added
Odds: 25/1

• Playoff teams taken away
Odds: 120/1

• Season is shortened
Odds: 200/1

• Ties established for the regular season
Odds: 200/1

• Teams are contracted
Odds: 40/1

• Teams added in Mexico/Puerto Rico/etc.
Odds: 50/1

• DH in both leagues
Odds: 80/1

• DH is abolished
Odds: 200/1

• Labor Peace ends with Strike
Odds: 75/1

• Labor Peace Ends with Lockout
Odds: 25/1

• Labor Peace continues
Odds: 10/1

• PED policy altered
Odds: 200/1

• Pitch Clock Instituted
Odds: 30/1

• Instant Replay expanded
Odds: 20/1

• Salary Cap instituted
Odds: 80/1

• No commercials during pitching changes
Odds: 100/1

• No warm up pitches after entering from bullpen
Odds: 80/1

• Abolish chewing tobacco
Odds: 4/1

Of these, if we were forced to pick two that were most likely; it would be that chewing tobacco is abolished. And we can see this happening soon, with the wake of Tony Gwynn’s death and Curt Schilling’s admission that tobacco caused his cancer battle.

Some of the stuff listed there is absolutely horrible. Shortening a season or abolishing the DH; these are wholesale changes that we want NOTHING to do with. Still, the best odds of all are that something not even listed here ends up being part of Manfred’s vision with baseball’s future.