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re: MLB approves no-pitch IBB for 2017 pending union approval
Posted on 2/22/17 at 5:11 pm to lsufball19
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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Posted on 2/22/17 at 5:45 pm to therick711
But see, I don't think time between pitches is what has turned people off of baseball. I'm not going to dispute facts the people at the MLB network obviously tracked. But I think it's the nature of the sport itself just doesn't resonate with younger people now. They like the flash and excitement the NBA and NFL bring that baseball just can't. i think what is lacking is marquee players and players chasing records. The steroid era saved baseball after the strike and the ensuing effort to punish steroid users and distance themselves from it killed baseball. A good number of the better players in baseball the past 10 years or so have been universally vilified by the baseball community, whether it be Bonds or Arod or Clemmons. And the media and investigations basically tarnished Sammy Sosa and McGwire's 1998 season, which was probably the peak of baseball the last 25 years.
This post was edited on 2/22/17 at 5:48 pm
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