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Pitch Clock and Shift Ban Coming to Major League Baseball
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The vote among the competition committee was not unanimous. Players voted against the pitch clock and the shift restrictions.
The vote for larger bases was unanimous.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) September 9, 2022
Let’s go baby. I’m all about this. Anthony probably hates it, since “there’s nothing wrong with baseball,” but who knows? They’ve had the pitch clock in the minors for a bit now, so there’s a sample size of usage that the committee had to examine here. If you fail to chuck the ball before the clock winds down, it goes down as a ball.
Next improvement for the game? Robo ump! Humans don’t need to be calling balls and strikes anymore. Let’s let the computers do this and then everybody except Angel Hernandez will be happy.
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com