re how to speed up games marginally realistic in article c she lkf ucdavis edu ez chip ucdavis edu gary built like villanueva huckabay writes you want to speed up ballgames mandate a rule permitting only n seconds between pitches the current rule is too lenient and then enforce it fifteen seconds is more than enough time if the pitch isn t released in call it a ball and restart the clock i remember a post from last year indicating that a pitch clock was tried in one of the minor leagues some time back and did not work i don t remember why they said that it did not work anyone remember this jody mcdonnel on wip in phil has been saying that a pitch clock was inevitable how would a pitch clock work on throws to first another pair of suggestions remove the balk rule it is the runners responsibility to stay safe no matter what the pitcher does if a pitcher throws to an occupied base more than x time x to without successfully picking off the runner the runner advances a base as if walked the no balk seems to give the pitcher the advantage the base walk allows the runner to challenge pitcher to throw over to the base baseball games take about in the nl and just a shade under hours in the al that s just too damn long i don t like to play in hour games much less watch a game for that long my butt falls asleep and if i m watching on tv i ll channel surf between pitches catching colorized versions of mr ed leave it to beaver and those wacky nieporents on nick at nite i too find myself surfing when i know that it will be enough time between each pitch to allow the batter to adjust his jewlery gary huckabay you think that s loud enough a hole movie rights well if you re having trouble hearing it sir available thru i d be happy to turn it up for you i didn t ted frank know that many people your age liked king s x david madden
