MLB Pace of Play Rules

[Villanova U]

Holy cow. Some of these are pretty big changes to the game. How did they not already have a clock between innings? I always thought that was a set amount of time based on commercials.


● Managers must make instant replay challenges from the dugout, rather than the field. This should eliminate the on-field delays that occurred in 2014 while managers chatted with umpires while waiting for coaches or video coordinators to recommend whether a play should be challenged.
● Hitters must keep one foot in the batter's box between pitches, unless an established exception occurs. It's not clear how many exceptions will exist, but during a trial run in the 2014 Arizona Fall League, those conditions included foul balls, foul tips, time being granted by the umpire, and wild pitches.
● Play will resume promptly once television broadcasts return from commercial breaks.
● Timed pitching changes.

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/pace-of-play-rule-changes-announcement-friday-manger-challenges-dugout-batter-foot-in-box-021915

 

[Sportsboss_ofnothing]

There was a clock between innings. No one ever followed it.

A lot of this is the stadiums fault. How much time is wasted on the kiss cam and mascots dancing on the field when the commercial break is over and players are waiting for the between inning crap to end.
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[NovaNation1188]

There really is no reason why a manager should be able to run out of the dugout, argue for 2-3 minutes while someone checks the replay, then challenges/not challenges. To be clear, I hate challenging plays and wish it wasn't a rule. Let the manager make his case and if he can get the umpires to change that's a big time win.

But if we have to live in a world of challenges, I would make a rule that you have to challenge within 30 seconds of a play happening.

 

[NickleDimer]

Just cut warmups out of the equation all together. After the final out, you have 60 seconds to get to your positions in the field. Obese players like Sandoval and Howard would be allowed a small ATV to get to their positions in time.

 

[adp98]

Good work by the new commissioner.

 

[nardibynature123]

"General comment on how this will impact the Phillies"- Any CoP'er out there.

 

[OldManYellsatCloud]

Good one nard dog. Didn't see that quip coming.
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[HereComeTheCats]

Will the Phanatic still be able to shoot hot dogs into the crowd between innings?

 

[HereComeTheCats]

Will the Phanatic still be able to shoot hot dogs into the crowd between innings?

 

[lowry99]

Originally posted by NovaNation1188:

But if we have to live in a world of challenges, I would make a rule that you have to challenge within 30 seconds of a play happening.

For baseball, I'd make it 15 or 20 seconds max, 30 seconds is an improvement but still a little too long. The b.s.'ing while someone in the clubhouse (or upstairs) looks at multiple replays and relays back what they're seeing really does take too much of "the human element" out of the game IMO. It should be something that the human eye can see from the dugout/field is clearly wrong, or close enough and so momentous in the game that it's a no brainer to challenge.

Step in the right direction though.

 

[nardibynature123]

Originally posted by OldManYellsatCloud:
Good one nard dog. Didn't see that quip coming.
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Please don't break character posting in a baseball thread.

 

[NickleDimer]

The slowest average time between pitches for any pitcher in the majors is Rafael Betancourt at 30.7 seconds. The pitch clock is not a game changer.

 

[NovaNation1188]

Originally posted by lowry99:

Originally posted by NovaNation1188:

But if we have to live in a world of challenges, I would make a rule that you have to challenge within 30 seconds of a play happening.

For baseball, I'd make it 15 or 20 seconds max, 30 seconds is an improvement but still a little too long. The b.s.'ing while someone in the clubhouse (or upstairs) looks at multiple replays and relays back what they're seeing really does take too much of "the human element" out of the game IMO. It should be something that the human eye can see from the dugout/field is clearly wrong, or close enough and so momentous in the game that it's a no brainer to challenge.

Step in the right direction though.

I can get on board with this for the reasons you provided. If there's no time for others to review (manager storms out of dugout to argue and challenge immediately) that's not really taking the human element out of the game -- rather it's adding some (watching every play very closely the entire game). Takes out the human umpire element, but adds a little with manager.

 

[NickleDimer]

Why does there ever need to be review for anything? The technology is available to automate it all. Balls/Strikes, Safe/Out, Fair/Foul. Would only need umpires to call fan interference, obstruction, etc. They should be testing something like that. Not a clock that another sport had 70 years ago. It's like their PED testing. Just an empty gesture to appease whiners.

 

[lowry99]

Originally posted by NickleDimer:
The slowest average time between pitches for any pitcher in the majors is Rafael Betancourt at 30.7 seconds. The pitch clock is not a game changer.

Papelbon has to be close to that. He definitely often goes over that average.

 

[NickleDimer]

Paps is always up among the league leaders in slowness and general douchebaggery.

2010:
http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2010/11/12/1809639/2010-pitch-times

2014:
http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2014/4/23/5640132/pace-pitch-repertoire-sabermetrics-pitchers