Old School Type Baseball News Today

nbc "nightly news" with lester holt good evening and thank you for joining us we start off tonight with yet another late winter punch of severe weather across the country as we begin this week including multiple tornadoes confirmed today in illinois at least a dozen reported from the plains to midwest since yesterday. but we are also watching snow moving east tonight, potentially bringing new york city its first significant snow of the season. right now there are winter alerts affect...

pounding air rescues like this one captured by the pasadena fire department. thisng an rv plunging into the santa clara river after teetering on the edge of a cliff. were tracking where its headed next. a fresh wave of violence across ukraine. overnight russia launching more than a dozen unmanned drones into ukraine exhausting air defenses according to ukrainian officials. now u.s. officials says china is weighing whether to send artillery and ammunition to help russias campaign. the...

It >> reporter: theres also some sweeping changes at every base except home. part of the effort to create more dynamism in baseball is the size of the bags this is 2022 this is 2023 the expectation is you can steal more bases and have fewer injuries with a larger bag. speedsters like jon berti are planning on a base-stealing bonanza. so youre looking at this bag right here. >> its nice its nice and big. >> so you like this. this is a good thing >> yeah. i mean, you know, hopefully it encourages ...

Rules. >> it will create more offense, more action so to speak. >> i like the speed of baseball. i like going out and making it an all day thing. >> reporter: other changes include those giant bases designed to promote more steals for players like john birdie. >> youve lead the major league with 41 stolen bases. youre looking at this bag right here. >> its nice. nice and big. >> so you like this? this is a good thing? >> yeah, i mean, hopefully it encourages more of the old school type baseball,...