The talk of the 2015 offseason was the new Commissioner of
Major League Baseball Rob Manfred and his new pace of play rules that he wanted
to implement into the game. Sure the talks between the United States and Cuba
and how the new found diplomacy between the two countries and how they would
impact the game came up more than once and the potential reinstatement for Pete
Rose was a hot ticket item for a minute but pace of play dominated much of the
offseason. Pace of play started out great cutting nearly 15 minutes off of
every game with attendance steadily climbing across Major League Baseball until
the calendar turned to September and September call ups put a big monkey wrench
into the whole operation.
More players equal more pitchers, more pitching changes and
subsequently longer games unfortunately. That’s where we’re at and no amount of
pace of play rules, clocks in the ballpark or anything short of a radical
change can stop. Prior to the month of September you could watch an average MLB
game in 2:55 but ever since the calendar turned over to September you’re
spending at least 3:03 of your life watching a game, and it’s only 9/15. There
is always the option of having 40 active players and having to name, just to
throw a number out there, 26 active players for the game but that may be
something the MLB Players Association fights against tooth and nail.
If Manfred is truly serious about speeding up the process of
these games we may see even more radical changes to the game this offseason.
I’m neither for nor against these changes to be honest, I am completely
indifferent to be frank, as long as I can still recognize this game that I know
and love from season to season.
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Sorry for the Capatcha... Blame the Russians :)