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Originally Posted by Steven Tyler
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This just in from Steve Palermo, the major league supervisor of officials.
A big emphasis this season will be on the pace of the game, particularly when a new pitcher takes the mound. Pitchers will have 2 minutes, 25 seconds from the time they hit the dirt part of the warning track until they throw the first pitch.
Pitchers will get two warnings before they are fined. The third offense will cost a pitcher $3,000, and the fourth will set them back $5,000. Each additional infraction will draw a $7,500 fine.
Umpires have a mandate to keep the game moving
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It's not the umpires.
IMO, in order for the game to "move along" Commercials have to be limited (most likely never happen - too much money involved)
It's what happens "before" the pitching change that delays the game specifically Yanks/ BOSOX games which typcially go in the 4 hour range.
here is what happens
The Yanks want to get Mo ready. Here is what happens
Jeter might go in and talk to F1. Jeter goes back to short and then Pasada asks for time and goes and talks to F1. He stays there until the PU comes in to break up the conference.
As soon as Pasada gets back to home plate, out comes the pitching coach.
Finally Geradi comes out to make the change. Whenever there is a pitching change - another set of commercials.
This can take about 10-15 minitues or longer.
Baseball is not a Timed sport and there is only so much one can do to speed it up. Perhaps Mr. Doubleday who invented the sport should have thought about that in the first place.
Pete Booth