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Pitch Clock in MLB - Yes or No?
Posted on 1/18/15 at 10:20 am
Posted on 1/18/15 at 10:20 am
I've always appreciated the game the way it's played with no set time limit.....but it's time to do something to affect pace. I vote yes.
BTW...a pitch clock does not put a time limit on the game.
BTW...a pitch clock does not put a time limit on the game.
This post was edited on 1/18/15 at 10:22 am
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Posted on 1/18/15 at 10:26 am to BBATiger
They are trying this in the minor leagues this season. The pitcher has 20 seconds from the time the catcher throws the ball back to the pitcher.
Posted on 1/18/15 at 10:30 am to BBATiger
I say no, but I do think the umpires should start enforcing the rule that is already in place. Put the emphasis there instead.
Posted on 1/18/15 at 10:36 am to BBATiger
The game is losing fans in droves,young people vacillate to the more dynamic sports such as football,basketball and soccer. MLB is excruciatingly slow paced and is dying a slow death....management better get off the azz NOW, and do anything and everything they can to entice new followers !
Posted on 1/18/15 at 10:37 am to BBATiger
No. If I'm on first base and the pitch clock is down to 2 seconds I'm stealing second because I know the pitcher cannot throw over.
Posted on 1/18/15 at 10:40 am to BBATiger
Also call a ball on the batter if he steps out of the box for more than 10 second.
Posted on 1/18/15 at 10:45 am to BBATiger
Time is of the essence. The rhythms break,
More varied and subtle than any kind of dance;
Movement speeds up or lags. The ball goes out
In sharp and angular drives, or long slow arcs,
Comes in again controlled and under aim;
The players wheel or spurt, race, stoop, slide, halt,
Shift imperceptibly to new positions,
Watching the signs according to the batter,
The score, the inning.
Time is of the essence. The shadow moves
From the plate to the box, from the box to second base,
From second to the outfield, to the bleachers.
Time is of the essence. The crowd and players
Are the same age always, but the man in the crowd
Is older every season. Come on, play ball!
-- Rolfe Humphries, "Polo Grounds"
More varied and subtle than any kind of dance;
Movement speeds up or lags. The ball goes out
In sharp and angular drives, or long slow arcs,
Comes in again controlled and under aim;
The players wheel or spurt, race, stoop, slide, halt,
Shift imperceptibly to new positions,
Watching the signs according to the batter,
The score, the inning.
Time is of the essence. The shadow moves
From the plate to the box, from the box to second base,
From second to the outfield, to the bleachers.
Time is of the essence. The crowd and players
Are the same age always, but the man in the crowd
Is older every season. Come on, play ball!
-- Rolfe Humphries, "Polo Grounds"
Posted on 1/18/15 at 11:02 am to BBATiger
No
Posted on 1/18/15 at 11:03 am to BBATiger
quote:
but it's time to do something to affect pace. I vote yes.
Its not the pitcher so much as it is the premadonna batters at the plate with all the crap they HAVE to do before getting ready to hit after EVERY PITCH..... Scratching the balls and licking their elbow and craking their knuckles and making love tho their bat... All that shite needs to go away... Just step up to the plate ready to hit.... BTW frick the MLB...Its becoming the worst sport out there.
Posted on 1/18/15 at 11:19 am to BBATiger
No
Posted on 1/18/15 at 11:37 am to BBATiger
I try to watch baseball to get into it and give it a fair chance, but I just can't. It's awful.
Spend 15 minutes watching any game and you are still on the same batter.
Pitcher takes forever and batter has to adjust his gloves, belt, helmet, shirt, junk, re-tie his shoes and fondle his bat after every...single...pitch.
It's boring and will probably stop being a relevant sport here pretty soon.
Spend 15 minutes watching any game and you are still on the same batter.
Pitcher takes forever and batter has to adjust his gloves, belt, helmet, shirt, junk, re-tie his shoes and fondle his bat after every...single...pitch.
It's boring and will probably stop being a relevant sport here pretty soon.
Posted on 1/18/15 at 11:43 am to BBATiger
stop hitters from messing with their gloves and whatever else they are wearing on their hands/wrists, after every pitch.
I guess that means, do not give them time out to do that.
say, play ball.
its not just the pitchers. batters mess with the pitchers rhythm
I guess that means, do not give them time out to do that.
say, play ball.
its not just the pitchers. batters mess with the pitchers rhythm
Posted on 1/18/15 at 12:32 pm to BBATiger
No
Posted on 1/18/15 at 12:48 pm to BBATiger
No. If it ain't broke don't fix it.
Posted on 1/18/15 at 1:24 pm to BBATiger
Didn't read all the posts but I think the pace of the game is on the batter. After each pitch they step out for 5-10 seconds to readjust. They need to get rid of that shite.
ETA: Anti pitch clock if they're going to allow the batter adjust his batting gloves, dig a new hole and take 3 practice swings between pitches.
ETA: Anti pitch clock if they're going to allow the batter adjust his batting gloves, dig a new hole and take 3 practice swings between pitches.
This post was edited on 1/18/15 at 1:34 pm
Posted on 1/18/15 at 1:30 pm to BBATiger
Absolutely not
Posted on 1/18/15 at 3:08 pm to BBATiger
I agree that all of the rituals by the batters does slow the game down. The easiest way to speed the game up is to call legit strike zone.
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