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<blockquote data-quote="FredJacket" data-source="post: 402104" data-attributes="member: 2843"><p><a href="https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-pace-of-play-rule-changes-mound-visit-limits-no-pitch-clocks-shorter-commercials/" target="_blank">https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-pace-of-play-rule-changes-mound-visit-limits-no-pitch-clocks-shorter-commercials/</a></p><p>As a "consumer" of the baseball product, I have no problem with baseball's pace of play. An average of 3 hrs for a pro baseball game is fine with me. I realize I must be crazy...according to some. NFL games last that long & include a 15 minute break as well as long commercial breaks. ...but I digress.</p><p></p><p>I do think IF you want to speed up the game, the pitch clock idea was not as good as addressing the mound visits. So... we'll see; but this seems to be a great way to address the game length issue. It will be interesting to see how teams work this. I assume... visits by infielders will go away completely. Catchers visits will be the interesting one. I suppose there is data out there on the # of visits per game correlated to game length. I'd like to see that. This should definitely reduce game length...unless players/coaches figure out little ways to buy back the time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FredJacket, post: 402104, member: 2843"] [URL]https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-pace-of-play-rule-changes-mound-visit-limits-no-pitch-clocks-shorter-commercials/[/URL] As a "consumer" of the baseball product, I have no problem with baseball's pace of play. An average of 3 hrs for a pro baseball game is fine with me. I realize I must be crazy...according to some. NFL games last that long & include a 15 minute break as well as long commercial breaks. ...but I digress. I do think IF you want to speed up the game, the pitch clock idea was not as good as addressing the mound visits. So... we'll see; but this seems to be a great way to address the game length issue. It will be interesting to see how teams work this. I assume... visits by infielders will go away completely. Catchers visits will be the interesting one. I suppose there is data out there on the # of visits per game correlated to game length. I'd like to see that. This should definitely reduce game length...unless players/coaches figure out little ways to buy back the time. [/QUOTE]
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