re: Should there be a limit on pitchers?

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Coach just makes the change from the dugout. You visit the mound, you don't get to make a change.

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If you visit the mound you CANT Make a change?
That won’t work.
The visit could be…
Coach: “hey, you feel ok?”
Pitched: “Nah, my arm is tight….”
*Coach makes a change*

Under your rule, coach can’t make a change based on what the pitcher tells him when he comes out there.

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even looks like that damned glove increases the reach about at least 2 inches.

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Honestly, that’s the purpose.

The one thing that makes a game seem long is the blaring, mostly annoying music that's played during pauses. That makes fans want to resume the game so they'll turn the factory noises off.

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One thing that slows the college baseball game down big-time is pitching changes.

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With college baseball games approaching the 4 - hour mark, should there be a limit on the number of pitchers that can be used in a single game?

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No. I don’t want your limitations on pitching. You’re asking for a fundamental change in the game.

If baseball games are too long for you to watch, try napping.

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should there be a limit on the number of pitchers that can be used in a single game?

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absolutely not.

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No. I don’t want your limitations on pitching. You’re asking for a fundamental change in the game.

If baseball games are too long for you to watch, try napping.

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right. this is how baseball was made to be. seems absurd to start putting restrictions on how the roster can be used.

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So fundamentally change the game of baseball?

For the record that is what you're suggesting.

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just because something has existed for a long time doesn't mean it's perfect and can't be touched.

Every other sport periodically tweaks their rules to make the game more interesting.

Baseball has made a few changes over the past few years (pitch clock, video challenges, etc.). Those have been good.

They should continue to implement other changes.

I think you should approach the question another way. My proposal would be when a pitcher goes in he must face a certain minimum number of batters or must pitch at least one full inning. If a pitcher enters mid inning he must still pitch a 'full' inning (unless it is 9th inning or an injury occurs).

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Under your rule, coach can’t make a change based on what the pitcher tells him when he comes out there.

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Correct. And, in practice, that almost never happens anyway.

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um, it happens all the fricking time.

coaches regularly use the mound visit/discussion to help make his decision to change pitchers or not

it may not be THE deciding factor, but it absolutely plays a part in the decision.

and I'm not talking about injuries either.
how fatigued the guy may be, ball not acting the way he's wanting it to, head ain't right after a bad result on a previous pitch, etc.

that's info that isn't readily available without talking to the pitcher first.
sure you can take a guess based on your view from the dugout, but you don't actually know until the conversation happens.

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I don't get this shite in regards to sports. I watch 3 games per weekend bc I like it. I'm not in a hurry to finish. This isn't homework or torture or something. IMO it's extremely unprofessional when the announcers discuss the game being too long. This is their job and it's our entertainment. Now when games take too long due to commercials like football, well that's a different story. But that's why I like baseball and hockey

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baseball games take too long AND there's very little actual action. If it were 3 hours of non-stop action on the field, folks could live with it.

But there's far too much dead time in baseball, and they need to continue to tweak rules to help speed things up (for example, the pitch clock has helped).