Bleed Cubbie Blue · Oct 28, 2019
It’s time for MLB to institute a pitch clock
Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images A pitch clock in use in Triple-A Lehigh Valley April 30, 2019Game times for the first five games of the 2019 World Series:
That’s way too long. Like way, way, way too long. Even the relatively swift Game 5 time couldn’t bring the average down too much. The five games averaged 3:47, and none of the games went beyond the standard nine innings.
Just to be clear here, I’m not necessarily criticizing long baseball games in general. Some of those are compelling and have action throughout.
These games haven’t. There’s a lot of stalling, a lot of batters stepping out, pitchers stepping off, and this has become a big problem around Major League Baseball.