No pitch clock?

[jcar0725]

Re: No pitch clock?

Watching Indians games were BRUTAL back in the day, you had games that were moving at a nice clip, that was until Mike Hargrove came to the plate...you might as well make a sandwich and take a leak while he did his antics at the plate..

"The Human Rain Delay" they used to call him.

[Feros Ferio 7]

Re: No pitch clock?

You're not wrong but they need to ignore it in big, possible game changing situations. Everyone will be pissed when, not IF, it ends and decides a game in the worst way possible. They need to add warnings before immediate penalties.

Either do it or don't. All moments if a game are potentially big and game deciding. Late innings aren't any more important than what happens in the 1st inning.


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[KingOfLanglade]

Re: No pitch clock?

I’ve had more people this year tell me about a game they watched, or a recent happening in MLB than I can remember in the last half decade at least.

[AUTiger1]

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Not to start a whole debate, but I'm a 40 year old baseball fan and I love the pitch clock. It may be speeding up the games a tad too much but there's no reason a baseball game needs to go 3 and half hours long. The last time I took my kids to a game it was an over 4 hour game and they were ready getting restless after 2.

Also, catering to casual baseball fans isn't a bad thing. MLB needs casual fans to come to games as well. Especially younger, casual fans.

Same here. 36 years old and I love the pit clock.

[AUTiger1]

Re: No pitch clock?

"The Human Rain Delay" they used to call him.

Different generation but when I was a kid Steve Trachsel was known as the human rain delay.

[AUTiger1]

Re: No pitch clock?

Either do it or don't. All moments if a game are potentially big and game deciding. Late innings aren't any more important than what happens in the 1st inning.


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People are worried about it running a big money late in games when there's been less than 1 violation per game. It's not even noticeable.

[moemoe24]

Re: No pitch clock?

You're not wrong but they need to ignore it in big, possible game changing situations. Everyone will be pissed when, not IF, it ends and decides a game in the worst way possible. They need to add warnings before immediate penalties.

Im still trying to figure out how a pitcher could call his own game with this pitch clock. You have no time to shake the catcher off.

But yea, i agree. If it jacks up a playoff game all heck will break loose

[kehlis]

Re: No pitch clock?

Original question asked and answered - since we're moved onto discussion not about the game I'm going to close this.

Remember - there is always the actual baseball forum to discuss these kind of things if you'd like to.