Joe Starkey: The 'golden at-bat' is a brilliant, fun baseball idea, no matter what the purists say
Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred recently floated the idea of letting one hitter receive an extra at-bat, out of order — a "golden at-bat" — and fans are reacting like sanctimonious scribes blocking Barry Bonds from the Hall of Fame. They're acting like Manfred suggested ghost runners should appear on second base in extra innings.