Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Matt Strahm believes MLB teams are making a mistake by extending beer sales to counteract the shorter length of games due to the institution of the pitch timer.
According to ESPN, the Arizona Diamondbacks, Texas Rangers, Minnesota Twins and Milwaukee Brewers will now sell beer until the end of the eighth inning rather than the end of the seventh, and more teams could follow suit.
That is because games are an average of 30 minutes shorter so far this season than last thanks to MLB's new pace-of-play rules.
During an appearance on the Baseball Isn't Boring podcast this week, Strahm spoke out against some teams changing their beer-selling policy because of the potential dangers it could pose for fans:
"The reason we stopped [selling alcohol in] the seventh before was to give our fans time to sober up and drive home safe, correct?