And boost ratings?
Put a clock? Limit extra innings?
Put a clock? Limit extra innings?
Baseball is a thinking man's game. If you speed everything up and take the thinking and strategy out of it, baseball will lose it's integrity. People don't have a problem with football games being 4 hours and there only being 12 minutes of actual game play.aggie1906 said:
2. Pitch clocks. Stop farting around and throw the damn ball. It was magic watching Roy O work. Dude would catch and be ready to fire it back home.
3. Get in the damn box and swing. Home ump would be tasked with keeping the game moving. If the batter was being excessive between pitches then he would be warned. If it continued then the ump gives the go ahead to the pitcher to throw.
I'm am not talking about rushing people. Some people are just excessive with the time between pitches. I want to eliminate that.979ag said:Baseball is a thinking man's game. If you speed everything up and take the thinking and strategy out of it, baseball will lose it's integrity. People don't have a problem with football games being 4 hours and there only being 12 minutes of actual game play.aggie1906 said:
2. Pitch clocks. Stop farting around and throw the damn ball. It was magic watching Roy O work. Dude would catch and be ready to fire it back home.
3. Get in the damn box and swing. Home ump would be tasked with keeping the game moving. If the batter was being excessive between pitches then he would be warned. If it continued then the ump gives the go ahead to the pitcher to throw.
Ag_07 said:
I also think the NFL owes a lot of it's success to fantasy football. If it wasn't for fantasy football (and gambling in general) football wouldn't be near as popular.
And shave off 3 minutes at the end of the game? Player's have their own routine that they have been doing since High School. There's no reason to destroy a player's comfort just to save 5 minutes.aggie1906 said:I'm am not talking about rushing people. Some people are just excessive with the time between pitches. I want to eliminate that.979ag said:Baseball is a thinking man's game. If you speed everything up and take the thinking and strategy out of it, baseball will lose it's integrity. People don't have a problem with football games being 4 hours and there only being 12 minutes of actual game play.aggie1906 said:
2. Pitch clocks. Stop farting around and throw the damn ball. It was magic watching Roy O work. Dude would catch and be ready to fire it back home.
3. Get in the damn box and swing. Home ump would be tasked with keeping the game moving. If the batter was being excessive between pitches then he would be warned. If it continued then the ump gives the go ahead to the pitcher to throw.
It's because they are two different sports though. If you tried modeling everything after one model, there would be no personality between the sports. Before you know it people are going to star complaining about golf rounds being too long and they need to shorted the course to 15 holes for more competition and faster rounds.TXAggie2011 said:
I'm saying shorten the baseball season. I'm just saying the baseball season is long and can be a slog and it's not comparable to football.
Nothing personal here, because I think we all want the same thing, but I've seen this mentioned a few times over the years, and I just don't think it's a good idea. First, those five extra pitches take maybe an extra minute for each reliever. You might have three pitching changes per game that don't occur at the half-inning commercial break. That's three extra minutes. Drop in the bucket. Second, those pitches aren't just for warming up their arms (you didn't say it in your post, but I've seen others say 'they're already warm from the bullpen anyway'). Those pitches are also about getting synced up with the catcher and getting a feel for the mound._lefraud_ said:
Limit relief pitchers to 3 warm up pitches when they get called on.
979ag said:It's because they are two different sports though. If you tried modeling everything after one model, there would be no personality between the sports. Before you know it people are going to star complaining about golf rounds being too long and they need to shorted the course to 18 holes for more competition and faster rounds.TXAggie2011 said:
I'm saying shorten the baseball season. I'm just saying the baseball season is long and can be a slog and it's not comparable to football.
979ag said:
You could honestly make an argument that the season should be longer to see who the actual best teams are to be in the playoffs. How many times have we seen teams 7 games back with a month to play make a run and sneak into the playoffs. Every year the wild card and 1 or 2 divisions are decided by one game. 162 games is enough, if not, not-enough games.
Umpires can be fooled just as easily as the hitters. Missed pitches are gonna happen. Pitcher's aren't throwing for the umpire to call the batter out, pitcher's are throwing for the batter to get himself out.mathguy86 said:
The other thing is MLB needs to get their act together with umpires and their strike zones. They are going to miss pitches. That's reality. But there have to be ways to show them electronically just how bad they miss sometimes and have them work to correct it.
going to have to disagree here. There is a very significant difference between a 2 hour & 45 minute game vs. a 4 hour & 30 minute game. Especially when it's a night game. And even more so with all the downtown ballparks...when most fans live in the suburbs979ag said:
Okay, so here is my rant, I hope all read...
Baseball is Baseball, and always will be Baseball. People who love baseball, and admire the game for what it is, do not care if a game is a 2 hour 45 min 2-1 game, or a 4.5 hour 10-8 game, they are going to watch the whole thing. I myself, watch every pitch of the every Astros game, unless I just absolutely can't because I am busy. BUT, like myself, I know that there are millions of fans who care that much for their teams that they are going to watch almost every game, and watch ALL of almost every game. THIS FAN JUST WANTS TO WATCH BASEBALL, they do not care about the time length of a game.
Coors Fieldmike_ags_fan12 said:
And boost ratings?
Put a clock? Limit extra innings?
That's what I said. They are going to miss pitches. It's all about helping them minimize that afterwards.979ag said:Umpires can be fooled just as easily as the hitters. Missed pitches are gonna happen. Pitcher's aren't throwing for the umpire to call the batter out, pitcher's are throwing for the batter to get himself out.mathguy86 said:
The other thing is MLB needs to get their act together with umpires and their strike zones. They are going to miss pitches. That's reality. But there have to be ways to show them electronically just how bad they miss sometimes and have them work to correct it.