No throwing the ball around the horn after an out? That takes about six seconds and is nice to look at.

I like that idea. A little while ago, I think I had a radical idea that any pickoff throw, successful or not, counts as a <ball>. With 3 balls on the batter, I think a special rule could be made to adjust for that. This would encourage runners to take bigger leads, and possibly steal more bases, and more runs.

< No throwing the ball around the horn after an out? That takes about six seconds and is nice to look at. >

Agreed. It probably takes about 6 seconds for the batter to go to the on-deck circle to the batter's box anyhow.

< The biggest problems are time betweeen innings (commerrcials) and pitching changes. How about only three warmup pitches for a pitcher coming in mid-inning.>

I'm sure plenty of time can be saved with 1 less commercial/break. Pitching changes, I think it's like a basketball game, with all those fouls and timeouts near the end. It probably has to stay. It's part of the strategy of the game (but so was the intentional walk, but whatever). And warmup pitches, perhaps fewer is good, but I'm sure a lot of the time is the pitcher trying to get his footing properly on the mound.

Looking at elsewise in the article, I like the idea of a pitch clock. There's actually a never used rule in the book that says with no runners on, a pitcher has 12 seconds to throw the ball, otherwise a ball is called. Enforce that rule. Again, the rule can be adjusted for when runners are on.

Batters, do you really need to adjust your batting gloves after taking ball 1? Probably not. Limit the amount of times a batter is allowed to step in and out of the box.

Runners on base to start the 12th or 13th inning? I personally like the long marathons (maybe because I'm not playing). I don't like this idea, but it may be necessary.

Retractable roofs to prevent rain delays? Definitely yes, although this will be very expensive.

Shift needs to stay. It can be hard to enforce anyhow.

I'm sure those who are fans of baseball appreciate the game the way it is (minus some small changes). I'll like baseball 'til it feels more like MLB The Show than an actual game. I don't think these possible future rule changes would attract many fans (probably would lose more fans than gain, especially with the salary increase it mentions). Most of these changes are probably meant to benefit people who have shorter attention spans (in that case, choose a different sport) or anyone who is trying to maximize as much money as possible...

One commercial would be on average, what? 20 seconds? So 40 seconds per one inning of play, multiply by 8.5 gets you 340 seconds.

On average there are about 7 pitching changes per game(?) that's another 140 seconds.

(SFG's Triple-A club is located at Sacramento, and they had a Sunday afternoon game... Ugh!! That's just not right.)

NYY at OAK, box score said game time temperature was 90, I think it was higher on the field.

Roofs would be very nice, not only to your multi-million dollar investments, I mean players, but also for the fans. And those medical personnel treating heat-related fainting.

Further, it will also prevent BAL and WAS GMs whining at each other.

Counting on your understanding, I would point out to a mistake. In your GotD collection yesterday's GotD should be listed as <Thrill of the Hunt> instead of <Thrill of the Chase>.

As a consolation prize, he got a CG.

Could be worse though. What happens if you <do> throw a no-hitter, 0 ER, and still lose (which has happended before, maybe not the "0 ER" part).

However, none of those relievers were the Jays' closer, Roberto Osuna, who is apparently battling mental issues.

However, the Jays did use their LOOGY (.333 avg off of lefties) and Grili's 6.97 ERA. :|

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