MasterOLightning
Optimator
Also, for all the talk about speeding up baseball games, can we fucking dump God Bless America already? 2001 was a long time ago. This shit is more likely to get people to change the channel than a slow pitcher. National anthem should always be pre-game too, if that has to be done. No one needs this delaying the start of the game. At best it's a favor to people who are late.
They're trying stuff like getting rid of intentional walks, but how often do those happen anyway? Not even once per game. And there was a botched one in the playoffs that shows the importance of executing the basics. Should players just head back to the dugout after a homerun and not run the bases? That wastes time too. I hate anything that tampers with the fundamentals of the game. Just speed up batter/pitcher interactions based on the rules in place. No more Yankees/Red Sox nonsense of everyone taking 35 seconds in between pitches.
They're trying stuff like getting rid of intentional walks, but how often do those happen anyway? Not even once per game. And there was a botched one in the playoffs that shows the importance of executing the basics. Should players just head back to the dugout after a homerun and not run the bases? That wastes time too. I hate anything that tampers with the fundamentals of the game. Just speed up batter/pitcher interactions based on the rules in place. No more Yankees/Red Sox nonsense of everyone taking 35 seconds in between pitches.