The independent Atlantic League has been experimenting with pace-of-play initiatives even beyond what Major League Baseball set out to do at the start of this season. No. Just… no.
I’m a baseball purist, or at least I’d like to think so, especially in the growing debate around pace of play issues and speeding up the game to impress the “casual fan.” F*** the casual fan. Let ‘em watch MMA and the NFL. Adding a clock to the game of baseball, even if it’s only in-between innings to move the game along, is short-sighted.
And I hate the pace of play initiatives taking place in the minor leagues now like having a pitch clock to count down every single dead period.