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Three Technology Innovations That Would Improve Major League Baseball

Jun 14, 2019

Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

I have been complaining about replay challenges slowing down baseball longer than just about any other fan. And I am not just saying that as a figure of speech. Find a video of the first game when the then-e...

Five Little Tweaks to Make Baseball Even More Perfecter

Jeff J. Snider

Feb 25, 2019

Features, Opinions & Predictions

Baseball doesn't need to be "fixed." But that doesn't mean it couldn't use some tweaks. Seemingly every year, Mike Trout identifies a part of his game that isn't as good as he wants it to be, and then he fixes ...

The Coolest, Downright Best MLB Pace-of-Play Proposals

Tom Dorsa

Apr 30, 2018

Headlines, Major League Baseball

I don't think there's an issue with baseball's slow nature. Baseball is supposed to be slow -- otherwise, we couldn't just sit around in the ballpark, spit sunflower seeds, and drink $8 beer in peace. If baseba...

MiLB Implements “Pace-Of-Play” Rule That Does Not Address Pace of Play

Jeff J. Snider

Mar 14, 2018

Headlines, Minor League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

In the latest example of people not understanding the difference between "pace of play" and "length of game," Minor League Baseball has implemented a pace-of-play rule that will have zero impact on the actual p...

Pace of Play Isn’t About Millennials; Let’s Stop Using Easy, Cliché Arguments

Jeff J. Snider

Feb 20, 2018

Features, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

The easiest approach to discussing a difficult topic is to assume that everyone who disagrees with you is flawed in some major way. It works in everything -- politics, religion, which way to hang the toilet pap...

Pace-of-Play Rules are not the Answer for MLB

Joshua Sadlock

Feb 26, 2016

Features, Opinions & Predictions

Sweeping changes were made to improve Major League Baseball last winter. Hitters would no longer be able to step out of the box between pitches -- provided they did not swing. Revolutionary, I know. Along with ...

MLB/MLBPA Implement More Pace-of-Play, Sliding Rules

Josh Eastern

Feb 25, 2016

Headlines

Major League Baseball and second-year commissioner Rob Manfred have been playing around with new pace-of-play rules, and they, along with the MLB Players Association, have added to that list with a few more man...

Atlantic League to Test Three-ball Walks, Outs for Two-strike Foul Balls

Anton Joe

Mar 17, 2015

Independent Baseball

As the 2015 season approaches, the Atlantic League is set to try a more extreme way of speeding up the game. According to Fox Sports, a batter will be called out if he hits a foul ball with two strikes and wil...

What to Think of New Pace of Play Rules

Jeff J. Snider

Feb 20, 2015

Features, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

Over the final few weeks of the offseason, most of the energy that wasn’t spent analyzing the whats, whys, and hows of everything Alex Rodriguez does has been focused on Major League Baseball’s ever-growing ave...

Pace-of-Game Rules to be Introduced Friday

Mark Hoffberg

Feb 19, 2015

Breaking News, Headlines

According to Fox Sports' Jon Morosi and Ken Rosenthal, Major League Baseball will introduce three new pace-of-game rules intended on speeding up the rate of play in the game. Rosenthal tweets: MLB expected ...

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