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Message: [QUOTE="CA Monk, post: 3865590, member: 5268"] Interesting. A few more thoughts: I generally like it when MLB tweaks the rules. Replay is literally a game changer. I'm amazed at the number of overturned calls and it's not due to subpar umpiring either. In most cases the bang-bang plays aren't humanly perceptible. And when I think of the poor Tiger pitcher a few years back who lost a perfect game because of an outrageously bad call at fist, I'm glad Replay is in effect. I think the biggest deterrence to stealing are these trained-since-adolescence catchers with howitzers for arms. Their release time, speed and accuracy are phenomenal. I also favor the 3 batter rule for pitchers. The game can tend to drag and pitching changes are minutes of dead time. Although have you seen the batting avg difference of LHP vs. left hand hitter when compared to LHP vs. right hand hitter (this of course holds true for RHPs)? Now you know why they changed pitchers out so robotically. In the 20s and 30s games averaged 2 hours. When I was a kid games in the 60s and 70s the came in at about 2:30. [URL="https://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2015/1/29/7921283/baseball-game-length-visual-analysis"]Baseball game length: A visual analysis[/URL] Now they're over 3 hours and consequently, a nation of video snackers are growing impatient and MLB is reacting. The worst culprit of wasted time is probably the one MLB can least combat: foul balls. In one game SF's Brandon Belt had a 21 pitch 11min 45 sec marathon at bat. And I think there was even a longer one this year. And I don't know if professional baseball players need to warm-up between every half inning. Maybe a few tosses for the pitcher, but come on - did you forget how to catch? I say all this while having a reverence for the game and the hope it can be "moved apace" as the seasons progress. 2 hours and 30 minutes should be the goal. [/QUOTE]

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