Fixing MLB

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by GA Umpire

It's the same in football. A play happens. Then, it is 40 seconds to the next play. Basketball has the same thing. Pass the ball enough times for 35 seconds. The passing of time between actual "action" in the game is not necessarily the issue. Maybe the perception of how long that wait is between "action" but it is prevalent in all sports. Just some, like baseball, it seems more noticeable b/c all action waits on 1 person to do something rather than a couple of people.

The "time" issue is not a valid argument. It is much more than that.

No, this isn't even close. There are 25-40 seconds between plays in football. So a couple times a minute, we have an explosion of action to watch.

In baseball, the PITCHES are that far apart ... but the potential explosion of action doesn't happen every pitch, placing the action of the game 2 to 3 (to 4 or 5 sometimes) minutes apart. If we could get rid of the nonsense between pitches and cut that to 15-20 seconds, we'd get 2-3 pitches per minute, instead of 1.

The basketball comparison is completely ridiculous - almost not worthy of response. Come on. Basketball motion is constant, even away from the ball. Clock stoppages and time between plays is VERY short (maybe you can call the 4-6 seconds of dribbling the ball from basket to front court actionless ... but even if the dribbler is not moving, everyone else is most of the time.