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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch
MLB needs to respond to the marketplace and shorten games. There is zero doubt fans want shorter games and surveys show this. When you factor in the 10-min attention span of their future customers, the milennials, it's a no-brainer. Calling strikes is one of the few options they have but when you do, you slash runs. To compensate you have to increase speed.
The move towards expanded instant replay is a step in the wrong direction. It'll bore the shit outta fans and increase game lengths. Sorry but a blown call over the course of 162 games isn't worth the endless delays coming on board.
Finally they should limit pitching changes. They're awful. Watching some of the NL playoffs those d-bag managers were doing multiple swaps in the same half inning. You should get 1 pitching change in an inning. ("You can't do that Bitch!" says Duncan. Yes we can! Yes we can!)
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So if your first two pitchers are doing horrible the team just has to suck it up? Four consecutive walks to start an inning from two pitchers, but too bad for you? That makes no sense.
Also, on the limited throws to first, I don't like that because it removes the competiveness. After the third throw the runner can basically take any lead they want to steal the base.
You can counter that with the pitcher not throwing over, but that would then require them to ignore big leads all together. So if the runner takes a big lead the result is either no throw to push them back, or taking such a big lead that you get three throws.