Sixers president Daryl Morey might want to consider sticking to basketball after his latest scorcher on social media.
The polarizing basketball executive got dragged by Twitter users after he fired off a half-baked rule change proposal for Major League Baseball.
Morey, who was in attendance for Friday night's Mets-Phillies game at Citizens Bank Park, suggested that only the losing team should be allowed to bat, until if and when they tie the score or take the lead. If the score is tied, the game would "proceed as normal," with each team getting a turn at bat every half-inning. In the event of a lead change, the team who comes to bat would then pick up from from their last chance on offense.
So the losing team would still get 27 outs, but the winner could win in as few as one turn at bat if they are able to take a lead in the first inning and shut down their opponent the rest of the way.
By his own admission, Morey was apparently bored with the Mets in control for most of Friday night's game.
Needless to say the radical proposal for overhauling one of the game's core principles of teams alternating between offense and defense every three outs did not go over especially well on Twitter:
Morey seemed defeated after taking an absolute beating in response to his suggestion:
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