A Pitch Clock?! What is this, the NBA?
Just give the ump more discretion to tell the pitcher to hurry up, and tell the batter to stop leaving the batters box.
This is as bad as the ghost runner on second base in extra innings.
They are creating new problems without fixing the real problems.
Watch videos of baseball games in 1975, which lasted 2 1/2 hours and do it that way.
The game has changed since 1975 so you have to change the rules to adjust. Managers are doing much more micro-managing today than they did in 1975 so you see them bring in all the relief pitchers from the bullpen and they will be always constantly shifting their infielders.
I share your angst over purity, but this season I have attended several MiLB games where a pitch clock was in use. I was pleasently surprised that no game took longer than 2 1/2 hours to complete.
and tell the batter to stop leaving the batters box.
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Already a rule............. a very ignored rule.
This is as bad as the ghost runner on second base in extra innings.
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Little Leagueish rule. If they want to quicken the game they would play 7 inning games............ Just like Little League. Allow games to end in a tied score too.
I’ve got a bunch of suggestions to screw up MLB even more than it already is.