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re: Great NYT Article re: Bats, Scoring at TDA Park; and not from LSU perspective
Posted on 6/24/13 at 2:07 pm to lsutigers1992
Posted on 6/24/13 at 2:07 pm to lsutigers1992
Change the balls, bats, or both. Anything to increase scoring and increase the speed of the game is fine by me.
While we're at it, how about limiting the number of timeouts a team gets. This would eliminate the ridiculous number of times a batter asks for time-out from the ump for no good reason, and the slow walks to the mound from the coach. There are already 17 long breaks between half-innings - we don't need any more. Let's speed up everything.
Examples are making the batter stay in the box between pitches instead of walking five steps out just to re-adjust his hitting gloves for absolutely no good reason. Put a time clock on the pitchers. Allow intentional walks to be granted verbally w/o the need for 4 pitches. Allow one minute for a pitching change, including warm up pitches.
There are so many things that can easily be done, not only to increase offensive production, but to speed up this ridiculously slow game.
While we're at it, how about limiting the number of timeouts a team gets. This would eliminate the ridiculous number of times a batter asks for time-out from the ump for no good reason, and the slow walks to the mound from the coach. There are already 17 long breaks between half-innings - we don't need any more. Let's speed up everything.
Examples are making the batter stay in the box between pitches instead of walking five steps out just to re-adjust his hitting gloves for absolutely no good reason. Put a time clock on the pitchers. Allow intentional walks to be granted verbally w/o the need for 4 pitches. Allow one minute for a pitching change, including warm up pitches.
There are so many things that can easily be done, not only to increase offensive production, but to speed up this ridiculously slow game.
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Posted on 6/24/13 at 2:14 pm to atltiger6487
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Examples are making the batter stay in the box between pitches instead of walking five steps out just to re-adjust his hitting gloves for absolutely no good reason. Put a time clock on the pitchers. Allow intentional walks to be granted verbally w/o the need for 4 pitches. Allow one minute for a pitching change, including warm up pitches.
The first two are already in place. The third is done in JUCO and NAIA, and they also have 7-inning double-headers too. If those didn't give away your ignorance, the one-minute pitching change suggestion sure did.
Posted on 6/24/13 at 4:57 pm to atltiger6487
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While we're at it, how about limiting the number of timeouts a team gets. This would eliminate the ridiculous number of times a batter asks for time-out from the ump for no good reason, and the slow walks to the mound from the coach. There are already 17 long breaks between half-innings - we don't need any more. Let's speed up everything. Examples are making the batter stay in the box between pitches instead of walking five steps out just to re-adjust his hitting gloves for absolutely no good reason. Put a time clock on the pitchers. Allow intentional walks to be granted verbally w/o the need for 4 pitches. Allow one minute for a pitching change, including warm up pitches. There are so many things that can easily be done, not only to increase offensive production, but to speed up this ridiculously slow game.
NO!
Baseball is not meant to be nonstop action.
Its a game with spots of action here and there.
Been that way for +/- 200 years now.
You want nonstop action at all times, get yourself a new sport. Soccer, hockey, basketball.....whatever.
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