These Athletes Forced Their Sports To Change The Rules

Michael Joseph Kelly

Michael Joseph Kelly was the sole baseball player responsible for making major league baseball implement the rule that a substitution cannot be made during the middle of play. Kelly was a player and manager and when he was on the bench, a ball came flying towards him.

He started yelling that he was making a substitution and went running to catch the ball and outed the opponent. While the wording of this rule had a loophole, the out was allowed but the rules were changed at the end of the season.