Earlier this week I’ve posted articles on MLB’s attempt to have fewer position players pitch in blowouts, the extra-innings placed runner becoming a permanent MLB rule and a proposal to have a mercy rule after seven innings.
The first two of these things are official in Major League Baseball now; the third is just an idea that I have floated.
All of these ideas have one thing in common: They are attempts to shorten the amount of time players, broadcasters, gameday staff and fans spend at the ballpark, or watching games on TV.