On The Clock....Good or Bad in your Opinion?

[bsaucer]

I once saw a 20-sec pitch clock used in one college game. It was a home game for South Alabama (Sun Belt Conference). I'm not sure why it was used in the one game, unless the visiting team had to catch a plane later. The game was not televised.

This pitch clock was like a basketball shot clock. There was a visible clock on the center field fence, and probably one behind the plate. The clock was reset to 20 when the pitcher pitched, and restarted when he received the ball. If the buzzer sounded, the umpire called a ball.

The umpire had to remind the clock operator not to start the clock with runners on base.

They also used the clock to time activity between innings, or during pitching changes. It buzzed every time between innings.