Offensive pass interference was put in to make Michael Irving stop pushing off. And really getting rid of the pitches in an intentional walk helps the defense, it means they won’t face a wild pitch once every 4 years.
Getting rid of four pitches isn’t going to affect the length of games like raising the bottom of the strike zone will. As in you cut off 20 or 25 seconds for every automatic intentional but get how many more baserunners on hits and walks? More hits and baserunners mean longer innings and more pitches thrown to more batters which means today more pitching changes sooner. Raising the bottom of the zone, at least without bringing back the high strike will only make games longer, I mean how could it not?
Freegards