(02-25-2023, 03:50 PM)Butters Wrote:

(02-25-2023, 02:24 PM)WingerDinger Wrote: Ngl, not a big fan of this new pitch clock.. Pitchers have 15 seconds to throw a pitch now and batters have to be in the box and ready for the pitch by 8 seconds left of that 15 or it's an auto strike.

Kinda on the fence about taking away the traditional defensive shift too. I mean, I can kinda see why they did it, but Idk..

I can see why they want to implement it.In theory, it should make the games shorter and run somewhat smoother.However, its gonna take awhile for players, coaches, and fans to get used to it to really see its value.

I stopped watching regular season baseball after the 94-95 strike. I came back for the Sosa-McGwire season, and a few after that, but then got disgusted by the rampant and blatant juicing by Bonds / Canseco / McGwire,/ Clemons, etc. That was pretty much the last straw. I'll still peek in on the playoffs / WS if the Rays or the Padres are in contention, but other than that, I don't care. Plus, the sport really needs some form of a salary cap, tho its also fun to watch the big spenders fail while a team like the Rays goes far in the playoffs.

All that said, it will be really interesting to see how hitters / pitchers are affected by this, for the good and for the bad. The few times I've tried to recently watch during the regular season, the games were just too slow. Shorter games might actually get me interested again. My cousin in SD is a die-hard Padres fan, so I might track them, especially since they seem to be going all in to buy a WS.

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