Major League speed up for 2010

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Originally Posted by Steven Tyler

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.

It will make headlines coast to coast if a pitcher is ever fined.