Baseball is great, I am very happy it will come back now as The American game, and just in time for everyone to enjoy October playoffs. Get rid of the replay, if there is any question the crew chief looks at the big screen and makes the call.
Please, MLB, don’t screw this up.
I don’t think they’ll get rid of replay, though they should. But time limit it. If you haven’t found “clear and convincing evidence” to overturn the call in a minute or two, you’re probably not going to.
Limit trips to teh mound. Buck Showalter proposes giving each team five of these timeouts to use as they see fit. That would not only speed things up, it would add another strategic element.
Implement the 20-second clock. The average time per pitch is 23 seconds. Knock off three seconds a pitch, you save 15 minutes right there.
But for all its flaws, baseball is still a great game, my sport of choice, and not a sport that promotes political activism or displays of ego or other forms of anti-social behavior.