General Baseball Chit-Chat Thread

[Bertz]

 

Yeah, count me in as a pitch clock fan

[Cubswin11]

LMAO, hell yeah Manfred! This is what the people want in a tie game, full count, bases loaded bottom of the 9th. Definitely growing and improving the game and bringing in more fans with this nonsense. And also guess what, this put the game to extras which makes it take more time. Absolutely malarkey.

 

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Spring Training growing pains don’t detract from the clear benefit. I’m excited to watch games that don’t have time for a commercial between every pitch, it’s the pace of MLB everyone had growing up and it’s the pace of the amateur and sub-MLB pro level

 

[Cubswin11]

Spring Training growing pains don’t detract from the clear benefit. I’m excited to watch games that don’t have time for a commercial between every pitch, it’s the pace of MLB everyone had growing up and it’s the pace of the amateur and sub-MLB pro level

 

Cool, the Journos get less time to bitch about things. And a faster game is better for TV viewing, think in person/stadium viewing it will affect and again also just fail to see the business proposition in all this. Shorter games equals less revenue and you’re not bringing in more people watching/attending.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I've probably watched less than nine innings total in the last three years, and the pitch clock has me intrigued enough to plan to start watching again

[Derwood]

LMAO, hell yeah Manfred! This is what the people want in a tie game, full count, bases loaded bottom of the 9th. Definitely growing and improving the game and bringing in more fans with this nonsense. And also guess what, this put the game to extras which makes it take more time. Absolutely malarkey.

 

 

This is what people would have posted had the internet existed when the NBA added the shot clock

[Cubswin11]

LMAO, hell yeah Manfred! This is what the people want in a tie game, full count, bases loaded bottom of the 9th. Definitely growing and improving the game and bringing in more fans with this nonsense. And also guess what, this put the game to extras which makes it take more time. Absolutely malarkey.

 

 

This is what people would have posted had the internet existed when the NBA added the shot clock

No. Not even close. Basketball and football have finite amount of time regardless of a shot clock (12-15 minute quarters), baseball has never had a finite time, you play 9 innings (or more if tied) and it takes the time it takes.

[Bertz]

 

18 runs in 3 hours and 6 minutes. This thing is friggin amazing.

[Cubswin11]

 

18 runs in 3 hours and 6 minutes. This thing is friggin amazing.

Cool, shorter game. Now I get to go spend my time, money and resources doing something other than consuming the MLB product. Again. What’s the business proposition in all this? It seems like an absolute money loser and adding no new fans.

[Cubswin11]

So they can’t even call it correctly?

 

[Derwood]

So they can’t even call it correctly?

 

 

Yeah, they're ironing out a brand new rule. Cool I guess?

[Bertz]

 

18 runs in 3 hours and 6 minutes. This thing is friggin amazing.

Cool, shorter game. Now I get to go spend my time, money and resources doing something other than consuming the MLB product. Again. What’s the business proposition in all this? It seems like an absolute money loser and adding no new fans.

 

If you don't think shaving 30+ minutes of dead time off of every game doesn't help MLB's positioning as an entertainment product I think you're alone on that island. :dontknow:

[UMFan83]

So they can’t even call it correctly?

 

 

The first one I saw by the Giants, it seemed like the clock expired for 2-3 seconds and one of the other umpires had to yell loudly to alert the home plate ump. I didn't see the others because my attention span for spring training baseball is 2 innings max but that jumped out at me as awkward.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

MLB should maximize amount of time spent consuming MLB content by instituting a reverse pitch clock and stretching the games to 4-5 hours

[Cubswin11]

 

18 runs in 3 hours and 6 minutes. This thing is friggin amazing.

Cool, shorter game. Now I get to go spend my time, money and resources doing something other than consuming the MLB product. Again. What’s the business proposition in all this? It seems like an absolute money loser and adding no new fans.

 

If you don't think shaving 30+ minutes of dead time off of every game doesn't help MLB's positioning as an entertainment product I think you're alone on that island. :dontknow:

I truly don’t think it matters at all. The fans are the fans. The markets and consumers are what they are.

Edited February 26, 2023 by Cubswin11

[UMFan83]

MLB should maximize amount of time spent consuming MLB content by instituting a reverse pitch clock and stretching the games to 4-5 hours

 

Commercial breaks after every out. MLB gets more money and fans get to watch 6 hours of baseball every day!

[Cubswin11]

MLB should maximize amount of time spent consuming MLB content by instituting a reverse pitch clock and stretching the games to 4-5 hours

 

Commercial breaks after every out. MLB gets more money and fans get to watch 6 hours of baseball every day!

When they have lower revenues this year because of the stupid rule they’ll cry poor and team spending will go down. Cool.

[WrigleyField 22]

For whatever it's worth my wife who really doesn't like baseball much sent me an Instagram reel with the new pitch clock in force and called it genius.

 

I don't think she's even quite the target market, but I don't think it's a stretch to say some viewers may like the new product and tune in more.

 

Will other viewers leave the product?

[soccer10k]

LMAO, hell yeah Manfred! This is what the people want in a tie game, full count, bases loaded bottom of the 9th. Definitely growing and improving the game and bringing in more fans with this nonsense. And also guess what, this put the game to extras which makes it take more time. Absolutely malarkey.

 

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It’s really a shame that the catcher was allowed to hold the batter back to prevent him from getting into the box and therefore getting the strike called. Oh wait he just took too long. The clock is there. You know it’s there. Get in the box.

[We Got The Whole 9]

It's the horsefeathering first day man chill the horsefeathers out

 

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[Cubswin11]

LMAO, hell yeah Manfred! This is what the people want in a tie game, full count, bases loaded bottom of the 9th. Definitely growing and improving the game and bringing in more fans with this nonsense. And also guess what, this put the game to extras which makes it take more time. Absolutely malarkey.

 

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It’s really a shame that the catcher was allowed to hold the batter back to prevent him from getting into the box and therefore getting the strike called. Oh wait he just took too long. The clock is there. You know it’s there. Get in the box.

it’s really a shame none of this matters even thought MLB thinks it does. They’re not expanding the game or making more money, it’s just a dumb thing. Can’t wait for a serious game to be affected by this rule nobody cares about or doesn’t bring in new fans.

[jersey cubs fan]

I kind of dig that this website has a new curmudgeon taking the reins

[soccer10k]

LMAO, hell yeah Manfred! This is what the people want in a tie game, full count, bases loaded bottom of the 9th. Definitely growing and improving the game and bringing in more fans with this nonsense. And also guess what, this put the game to extras which makes it take more time. Absolutely malarkey.

 

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It’s really a shame that the catcher was allowed to hold the batter back to prevent him from getting into the box and therefore getting the strike called. Oh wait he just took too long. The clock is there. You know it’s there. Get in the box.

it’s really a shame none of this matters even thought MLB thinks it does. They’re not expanding the game or making more money, it’s just a dumb thing. Can’t wait for a serious game to be affected by this rule nobody cares about or doesn’t bring in new fans.

 

This just isn't true in any way.

[Derwood]

Seems like at least one person here cares about it a lot

[javy knows my name]

For whatever it's worth my wife who really doesn't like baseball much sent me an Instagram reel with the new pitch clock in force and called it genius.

 

I don't think she's even quite the target market, but I don't think it's a stretch to say some viewers may like the new product and tune in more.

 

Will other viewers leave the product?

 

This is why it's good. There's really no downside once folks get used to it and stop their pearl clutching