Pace of Game Thread

verducci: https://www.si.com/mlb/2021/03/17/baseball-preview-pace-of-play-crisis

Brainstorming: if batter has both feet outside of the batter box, catcher can tag them for an out. At all times. No equipment time out.

Personally, it's the walking around the batter's box between pitches that is killing me.

farhan zaidi on the radio argued that it’s the greater athleticism of today’s players that’s causing games to stretch out... like every pitch is a monster feat of atheleticism now and you can’t just be a dude with a boilermaker throwing whatever pitches 5 seconds apart or whatever, idk...

yeah i remember seeing something science-y about how their muscles/ligaments need a certain number of seconds to recharge or bounce back or whatever

my suggestion is that every time a hitter unvelcros/revelcros a batting glove, it's a called strike

And yes, the strikezone is too high, I don’t know how batters are supposed to hit 98 mph right below the elbow. I realize a lesser strikezone will result in longer games but also, the ball would be in play a bit more, and pitching would be favored in lieu of throwing.

I remember someone jokingly suggesting 3 innings with 9 outs apiece and honestly I think it's a great idea