The 3 Batter Minimum Rule

[Syce]

Re: The 3 Batter Minimum Rule

MLB will never do what it takes to actually shorten games to back under 2 and a half hours (raise the mound back to pre-1970's heights and deaden the ball to reduce homers). they can do a hundred of the little things like 3 batter minimum and pitch clocks but this is like treating heart disease with a band-aid.

as for the Show, the batter minimum hasn't really affected me because I've always been old school and try to get at least 1 full inning out of all of my relievers. never was a fan of the one out guy and don't ''play the percentages'' with righty-lefty matchups. in fact, my own tendency is to only have 1 lefty reliever on my Show teams anyways.

its not really the fact of trying to speed the game up, its to limit the amount of "dead" time during the game, that's the core issue with these rule changes(i think anyways).

[Caulfield]

Re: The 3 Batter Minimum Rule

its not really the fact of trying to speed the game up, its to limit the amount of "dead" time during the game, that's the core issue with these rule changes(i think anyways).

and that's another part of their problem: messaging. sometimes MLB does say they'd like to reduce dead time, but then other times it's that they want to get games well back under 3 hours. it will always be my opinion baseball is better when played as patiently as possible, let the anticipation build rather than a helter-skelter blitzkrieg 2 minute hurry up offensive game more befitting basketball and football.


it doesn't have to always be a slow-paced sport though. they can speed the game up after I'm gone to the big luxury box in the sky lol