Oh God, MLB Is Really Going Through With That Stupid Pitch Clock Idea
Photo: Lynne Sladky (AP Photo) MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred’s hell-bent charge to turn every professional baseball game into a six-second Vine marches on as the league plans on having a 20-second pitch clock for upcoming spring training games this year, per an MLB press release. As if that weren’t annoying enough, ESPN’s Jeff Passan reports that there is a “real possibility” that this system gets added implemented into regular season games. The 20-second clock would begin after each pitch of an at-bat—with the exception of the at-bat’s first pitch—when the pitcher is anywhere on the dirt...
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