Mike Francesa cannot fathom that Rob Manfred floated the idea of a Golden At-Bat. that once a game, a team could send a batter to the plate regardle s of where they were in the lineup, telling Pucks John Ourand that there was a little buzz around it at an owners meeting. On his eponymous podcast Wednesday, Francesa said he could not believe Manfred was being serious and threatened to end his viewership of the sport altogether if the rule was ever enacted. Mike Francesa said he would stop watching baseball if MLB commi sioner Rob Manfred enacts the golden at-bat rule. Mike Francesa Podcast All Ill say about that is the day that they adopt the Golden At-Bat, baseball and I cease to exist together, Francesa said. Explore More That is not the sport that I grew up with and I cannot even fathom, I cannot even seriously interject that that is a real po sibility. That changes the game so fundamentally, it changes every part of the game. It changes the history of the game. It changes evaluation of players. It changes everything! To me its not even something to discu s. I Cj Alexander Jersey dont take it seriously. MLB commi sioner Rob Manfred before game four of the 2024 MLB World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. Brad Penner-Imagn Images See Also Francesa continued to lampoon the idea. And if Im wrong and they adopt it, like I said, then baseballs just become a clown show and its over. I dont even know why Manfred would discu s that, unle s he had nothing to do and he just wanted a couple of headlines, he said. That is, to me, so far past the realm of po sibility in any real world. How can baseball even think of such a thing? They cant. I cant even consider it as a real option. Later in the podcast, Francesa read an email from a listener asking what he thought about the idea. I cannot under any circumstances take this seriously, Francesa said. I would think the commi sioner fell on his head or something. This is so patently ridiculous that its not even baseball anymore. What are we doing? Its so ridiculous I cannot even dignify it with an answer. Eric Byrnes Jersey