I thought it was a mistake to go after so many "veteran" pitchers
Both Verlander and Scherzer were showing signs that they were at the tail end of their career last year
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Both Verlander and Scherzer were showing signs that they were at the tail end of their career last year
We're nearly two months into the season. What are your thoughts regarding the pitch clock and shift? Coming into the 2023 season was eager to see both as I thought both would give us a better product.
Now with two months of baseball under our belt. My opinions have shifted a bit - at least towards the pitch clock.
While the games are indeed faster I don't think overall its been a great experience with the pitch clock. It seems overly complex and some ambiguity
I like John Kruk both as an announcer and before that as a player.
Now with two months of baseball under our belt. My opinions have shifted a bit - at least towards the pitch clock.
While the games are indeed faster I don't think overall its been a great experience with the pitch clock. It seems overly complex and some ambiguity
I like John Kruk both as an announcer and before that as a player.
I still like the pitch clock. It seems that there were a few hiccups with PitchCom this week, however. A Mets pitcher was called for a balk when he was messing with the device on his belt. Strictly the correct call according to the rules, but maybe the rules need to be amended. A Yankees pitcher was so frustrated with PitchCom that he threw his device towards the dugout, and it sailed high and into the stands. Maybe it's just a New York thing. 
I am probably in the minority here, but I don't like the pitch clock. Was open to it, let's give it a try. But now, nope. I didn't mind the pace of the game before and I feel it hasn't done anything to improve the quality of the game. To me a quick game doesn't equate to a better experience. Again, these are my opinions. As from the above posts, some folks seem to like it.
I don't understand the point of wanting to rush it. You go to enjoy yourself and bond with family and friends. And wouldn't the park want people to stay longer to buy more?
Here's my thinking. in the NBA, its pretty cut and dry, you have the ball the clock starts. In the NFL, the prior play ends, the clock resets and counts down. Both cut and dry. Not so in the MLB, then there's the umpires running the clock when someone is getting a standing ovation. Its beyond hiccups, its altering the game to a point where there's almost no strategy left in the game
I wish it was like a 25 second clock. I understand the need to speed up the pace of play, but that casualness of the game seems to be lost, mainly because everything is go go go. Those dead times when the announcers were focusing on something going on in the stands, or (And I'm biased since I live in the Bay Area) seeing life in McCovey cove, or just enjoying the sunshine, I kind of miss that. I've always felt like 15 seconds was too short a time and I feel that more strongly now than I did at the beginning.
I agree. I like the results of the pitch clock, but not the actual pitch clock.
I think they could have made some rule that once the pitcher is on rubber, the batter must step in the box and vice versa, if the batter is in the box, the pitcher must get on the rubber. Might not cut 40 minutes off a game, but should cut some.
Because a segment of fans don't have the attention span for a 3.5 hour game.
They are getting ready to try and speed up college football as well with no longer stopping the clock for a first down.
Looks like NY manager Aaron Boone is getting a reputation for arguing with ump
Yankees' Aaron Boone suspended 1 game after run of ejections
I don't follow the yankees, but from what little I do know he seems really whiney and its starting to cost him. I've also read that some people are complaining that the yankees get special treatment and more lattitude from the umps. Not sure if that's true or not.
Yankees' Aaron Boone suspended 1 game after run of ejections
I don't follow the yankees, but from what little I do know he seems really whiney and its starting to cost him. I've also read that some people are complaining that the yankees get special treatment and more lattitude from the umps. Not sure if that's true or not.
Of course at 5 times the price for everything! F**K them though!
The pitch clock and the concern of the game length is not for attendees at the park, but rather TV. Baseball wants to make the game more engaging for tv ratings
When I was a kid, watching a game on TV - it took 2 1/2 hours (1970s), now (prior to the pitch clock) 3 hours. What made it horrible was a trend to stop the game. Do you remember a few years ago, where a manager would pull the starting pitching in the first or second inning (for no reason) or a reliever facing a single batter? Its conceivable at that time to have three pitchers for 3 batters. How in earth would you be able to keep someone watching the game on tv when there's so many stoppages?
This is why I do like the dis-engagement policy, though maybe not have it so strict and on paper the idea of the pitch clock is a great idea. The execution of the pitch clock is too convoluted and confusing. As the other member stated, maybe start the clock when the pitcher touches the rubber on the mound. If the batter isn't ready too bad
Yup. The advent/increased popularity of radio and tv revenue slowed it all down... IMHO that is..
Then think how underpaid he would be had the Yankees giving him what he was asking for at the beginning of last season.
I hope Ohtani signs with an NL team so Judge can win MVP every year, lol
One of the best (probably the best) catches I've seen this year. Unreal.
The clock doesn't bother me. The no-shift bothers me.
The clock gets rid of all the stupid pauses in there game. The pitcher stares down the batter. The batter steps out of the box, adjusts his gloves. A pitch. Then repeat. Just pitch the stupid ball.
But the no-shift truly alters the strategy of the game.
The crazy part is, it might've only been the 2nd best play he made this week lol
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Giants come up clutch and complete the sweep of the Rockies. Probably the most impressive stretch of the season so far.
Crawford had a clutch hit in the 9th and then they added an insurance run. Doval has been so dominant that the bottom inning was pretty simple.