People who don't think a pitching clock was needed or that it will be a net negative are insane:
Down the stretch they come!
Why...because some of us had no problem with the pace of baseball the last 100 years?
Give me a break.
They are not going to gain any new fans with the rules changes.....your not convincing an entire generation that a 2.5 hour baseball game is better than a 2:45 or even 3 hour game.
Hit better, more contact, more base stealing.....hence the banning of the shift (good rule change to get offense back in the game instead of this 3 outcome nightmare we have now) the larger bases....which help base stealers.....however the pick off move rule is troublesome. That is a chess match that casual fans simply don’t understand.
Just wait till the regular season when things get serious......Spring training is nothing like the regular season.
Only two pick off moves allowed? Seriously? Manfred may be the worst commish in the history of the game. Actually I call him Manfraud.
The pitch clock is fine actually.....but the pickoff rule is ridiculous, ghost runners are a joke ( this is not sunday beer can softball for god’s sake) and the three batter minimum on new pitchers is also.....ridiculous.
All to appease an ADD society.....it’s too bad. Baseball was just fine. Apparently it’s so good they can dole out a stupid extensions and sign ridiculous contracts with unproven 16 year old players every year.
Anyway.....glad baseball is back.....I always watch....literally every day. Nothing better for me than baseball (high school, college and pro)
Yet we have a country watching 3.5-4 hour football games with a zillion commercial breaks. And 20 replays......it is painful....really painful. That is crap to me.
What’s going to happen in the baseball post season....the tension mounting and hanging on every pitch......your gonna put a f***ing clock on that? Really? Blasphemy.
I dare people to simply relax and go to a live baseball game (it blows away the sh*t show that is live NFL Football)......there are no clocks in baseball...no deadlines. 27 outs. And if it is tied....you keep going till it’s not. As pure as it gets.