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Baseball Primer Newsblog — The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand Saturday, March 11, 2023TV’s challenge: How to work in the tight spaces of the new pitch clock
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Posted: March 11, 2023 at 10:56 AM | 34 comment(s)
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1. Tin Angel Posted: March 11, 2023 at 12:19 PM (#6120173)If a large pitch clock was always in the lower corner of the screen, that would stink.
So what was average time between pitches in MLB last year?
Its probably a bot that just looks for places it can open an account and post automatically. I agree they're probably wasting their time here though.
I believed it is spelled hyperbole.
Seriously, its w*nkers like this complaining about a better product that will give a fraction of people a reason to whinge about the better pace. ITS THE SAME F*CKING GAME BUT WITH LESS WASTED TIME. Move the f*ck on.
But that's a big improvement!
I didn't read any whining in the article, I read professionals realizing that they are going to have to change the way they do their jobs. At most they are concerned about their ability to do it effectively.
However, the true test is when the first superstar pitcher gets injured and blames the pitch clock. (Not enough time for muscle recovery between pitches.) Will the backlash force some accommodation? Probably not, but it could be interesting.
I also agree with him in principle that it sucks if games are decided by something other than a competitive act. He was pointing that principle toward clock violations, but, like, a game being decided by fan interference also sucks. Although I agree on principle, I see a refusal to compete as being within bounds of competition. If a game is decided because a batter chose not to run out a grounder, that's not ideal and I'd be mad if I rooted for that team; but that's a choice by a competitor in the game, and thus it's a legitimate way for a game to be decided. Clock violations are a new choice, and to me it's just as legitimate a way for a game to be decided.
True, but not one percent as much as players having an attitude that the fans are irrelevant sucks.
Did anything change after Tyler Glasnow blamed his injury on the sticky stuff ban a couple years ago?
I think back to what Jim Kaat once said, on why he pitched so fast. He felt like once he started, he was going to be tired out say, 2 hours later. Was not particularly concerned about innings or pitch count, just time spent out on the mound. So he got as much of the game packed into those hours as he could.
Ok, but what he felt wasn't actually how things work.
As for seeing it on the screen, I don't feel any need to see it at all. If they call a violation, they call a violation, but I don't care if the clock was at 7 or 5 or 2 or 1 when the pitch was delivered, so why do I need it? It would just be a distraction.
Also I think it's unfair to call Jason Benetti a w*nker or a whinger. He's a solid pro, one of the best in the business as far as I'm concerned, trying to adjust to a fairly massive change in his job conditions. If he says it's a different game as far as doing his job, I'm inclined to believe him. He'll adjust, though, as will the broadcast business as a whole, as will the players.
Or to show meaningless SSS graphics, like how Player X batted such-and-such over the past 13 day games when in an 0-1 count against a left-handed pitcher after having cereal for breakfast that morning.
My feeling is that what I am interested in is the game itself, and not the promos and ads or the gambling come-ons, so perhaps reducing the volume of those is a good thing? So far I see no downside.
Hill is nearly as old as I am so I sympathize. It takes me 15 seconds to mentally prepare myself to get off the couch and another 15 seconds to loosen up all the joints enough to move. So I'm all for modifying the rule to give guys over 40 an extra 5-10 seconds per pitch.
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