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Although the Major League Baseball Players Association rejected his latest pace-of-play proposal, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred may nonetheless overrule the MLBPA and introduce pitch clock rules for the 2018 season without the union's support, thanks to a CBA rule that allows the Commissioner to...

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Why in the world is Manfred pressing this issue so hard. He's jeopardizing years of player/owner "peace" over a stupid freaking rule that might shave 2-3 minutes off an average game......maybe......Does he think someone who doesn't like baseball is going to to suddenly say, "Hey, baseball has a pitch clock now, I'm going to watch baseball now"  This does nothing for the good of the game, player/owner relations, or getting the A.D.D. millennials interested in the game. 

This guy's trouble.

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On 1/19/2018 at 8:53 PM, Richvee said:

Why in the world is Manfred pressing this issue so hard. He's jeopardizing years of player/owner "peace" over a stupid freaking rule that might shave 2-3 minutes off an average game......maybe......Does he think someone who doesn't like baseball is going to to suddenly say, "Hey, baseball has a pitch clock now, I'm going to watch baseball now"  This does nothing for the good of the game, player/owner relations, or getting the A.D.D. millennials interested in the game. 

This guy's trouble.

As stated in the piece on close call sports, this is all about the owners reducing their costs: the amount they pay stadium workers (who are paid hourly) and the amount they pay in utilities.  Over an 81 game season x 30 teams, they feel the savings will be significant.  I have no idea if this is true or not...but that appears to be their reasoning.  

In other words, Billionaires trying to penny-pinch by reducing the amount they pay their workers...even though baseball is currently experiencing all-time record revenues and profits (no matter how you measure those two indexes.)

The days of owners owning teams as a hobby to be enjoyed (and to serve as an escape for the owner from the "business world"), rather than owning a baseball team to be run as a business existing to create revenue and profit, are long, long gone.

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1 hour ago, lawump said:

As stated in the piece on close call sports, this is all about the owners reducing their costs: the amount they pay stadium workers (who are paid hourly) and the amount they pay in utilities.  Over an 81 game season x 30 teams, they feel the savings will be significant.  I have no idea if this is true or not...but that appears to be their reasoning.  

In other words, Billionaires trying to penny-pinch by reducing the amount they pay their workers...even though baseball is currently experiencing all-time record revenues and profits (no matter how you measure those two indexes.)

The days of owners owning teams as a hobby to be enjoyed (and to serve as an escape for the owner from the "business world"), rather than owning a baseball team to be run as a business existing to create revenue and profit, are long, long gone.

Another thought..Fix instant replay which has added more time to games on average than any slow pitcher or talkative catcher has. 

1.Stop with the manager's 30 seconds to "pre-review" the play before challenging or not. Instantly (within 5 seconds of the end of play), or play on. If challenged, make a damn decision in 30 seconds. If you see nothing different, the call stands.  

2. Knock 30 seconds off in between innings. Start the game on a split screen, last 30 second commercial gets split screen. That's almost 10 minutes. 

3. Want to limit mound visits? How about FED rules for coaches and managers? Start there and see how it goes before restricting catcher visits. Signs need to be changed, scouting reports quickly reminded about, etc. 

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3 hours ago, Richvee said:

Another thought..Fix instant replay which has added more time to games on average than any slow pitcher or talkative catcher has. 

1.Stop with the manager's 30 seconds to "pre-review" the play before challenging or not. Instantly (within 5 seconds of the end of play), or play on. If challenged, make a damn decision in 30 seconds. If you see nothing different, the call stands.  

2. Knock 30 seconds off in between innings. Start the game on a split screen, last 30 second commercial gets split screen. That's almost 10 minutes. 

3. Want to limit mound visits? How about FED rules for coaches and managers? Start there and see how it goes before restricting catcher visits. Signs need to be changed, scouting reports quickly reminded about, etc. 

There's the root of the problem (#2).  MLB refuses to admit that they have added more and more time between innings to accommodate their "broadcast partners" who want to air more and more ads.  MLB is chasing after the money.  I've said it before and I'll say it again, MLB is willing to blame everyone (umpires) and everything (mound visits, etc.) for the increased length of games, EXCEPT the #1 cause:  the explosion in time between innings to allow for more commercials, so that they can get paid more for "rights fees", which is a direct result of the owners' desire for more and more money. 

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