Eisen: MLB Considering Allowing Trailing Teams to Change Batting Order in 9th

MLB purists will probably rebuke the notion, but a league executive told Rich Eisen that some in baseball are discussing a new rule that allows managers to send whomever they want to the batter's box when their team is trailing in the ninth inning (h/t SI.com's Jimmy Traina).   

According to the source, the manager could choose the players for the first three at-bats in the ninth only. That shake-up, however, would still put a closer or a starting pitcher going the distance in a difficult situation.

The Rich Eisen Show noted that baseball is the only sport in which the best players may be on the bench in defining moments:

The new rule would give the team's top talent a chance to affect the outcome the way a go-to shooter in the NBA or a quarterback in the NFL might.