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One of these days, Major League Baseball is coming back.Same as it ever was.Except ... different.Whenever the Chicago Cubs Custom Jersey Texas Rangers and the rest of MLB does return to the diamond, following the end of this maddening labor lockout, , there will be some differences in "America's Pastime.''The first thing that might Albert Almora Jr Jersey pop out: A change to larger base sizes.Last season, baseball experimented with larger base sizes in its Triple-A games, increasing first, second and third base from being 15 square inches to being 18 inches.What's the difference actually look like, side by side?Scroll to ContinueFairly substantially, really.There is, one would hope, a series of logical reasons for a change to an e setial piece of a sport that, when it comes to change, usually moves ... so ... very ... slowly.The logical reasons? More offense. Jon Lester Jersey And more safety.Conceptually, the increase in Kerry Wood Jersey the size of the bases will ideally lead to an increase in stolen base succe s rates, an increase in infield hits and a decrease in the number of collisions and injuries around the bag.Baseball is working to make alterations to the sport in an attempt at generating more offense and more excitement into a night at the ball park. And the "bigger base'' plan did work last year in the minor leagues, Carlos Zambrano Jersey as stolen bases were indeed up last year in Triple-A.So the bigger base problem is solved. Now, if only Major League Baseball could solve its biggest problem of all.