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re: MLB approves no-pitch IBB for 2017 pending union approval
Posted on 2/22/17 at 4:26 pm to Wayne Campbell
Posted on 2/22/17 at 4:26 pm to Wayne Campbell
Look, I get what baseball is trying to do. They see that it is losing popularity. But, in my opinion, there is nothing baseball can do to change the fact that this generation does not have the patience or attention level to enjoy baseball. Without completely changing the entire sport to something else, no rule change that has been proposed is going to change that. All these rule changes will do is adversely affect the game. They are not going to somehow draw more people into watching baseball because they don't have as many mound visits, have a pitch clock, get rid of the intentional walk, etc.
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Posted on 2/22/17 at 5:11 pm to lsufball19
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But, in my opinion, there is nothing baseball can do to change the fact that this generation does not have the patience or attention level to enjoy baseball. Without completely changing the entire sport to something else, no rule change that has been proposed is going to change that.
That isn't true though. The game has evolved in a bad way recently (for mass consumption, I still consume it as a diehard). MLB Network did a great job illustrating it during a great segment during the playoffs. They showed clips from high leverage situations in playoff games in the 80s. Regularly, pitches were conducted between 18-19 seconds one after the other. In similarly leveraged situations in the playoffs in recent seasons, pitchers were taking between 34-44 seconds between pitches. MLB wants to try and get its pace back to what it was for most of its existence. They may not be able to do it, but I think it is a worthy endeavor.
This post was edited on 2/22/17 at 5:45 pm
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