I thought of mentioning it as an aside to lowering the pitcher's mound, but it's its own thing. Changes game strategy more that batting averages I reckon. Big departure from tradition. The PED ban seems awfully significant though, especially as pharmaceutical knowledge advances.
I do not even like the idea of a pitch clock. The pitcher had a mind game with hitters and runners based on time between pitches or stepping off the rubber and it kills that. Too much emphasis is put on offense when it's a defensive game. Why else would the defense have the ball? I despise the DH always have. If you play in the field you should bat. A lot of strategy is lost by the DH rule. The whole game is in a bad way. What happened to stolen bases and hit and runs? What makes it fun is being destroyed slowly but surely. Hardly any players hit .300 anymore. Pitchers don't throw hardly any innings and forget the 100 pitch games. I am so saddened by what is happening to the greatest game ever.
Great videos. But PEDs are still in baseball in a big way. Peeing in a cup helps, but I have heard many many doctors on podcasts talk about this…and until players are randomly tested by blood tests…there will be cheating in all sports that don’t test blood.
@@big8dog887 False. Homo-Sapiens back then had better night vision, but ever since increased light pollution (due to technology) we have all gotten worse at seeing in the dark.
@@naciremasti That's mostly incorrect. They only resumed games where they left off ("suspended" is the proper term) if the visitors had tied or taken the lead in the last inning played and the home team hadn't had its turn at bat yet. Otherwise, the game was simply declared over, and the team in the lead was declared the winner. If the game was tied, all player stats counted, but the game itself didn't. Which meant that if the game needed to be made up, they replayed it _in its entirety._ This is why you see some players having played 155 games in a 154 game season.
Been watching baseball since 1970. Watched ws that year balt v reds. Pitch clock has saved bb. It had become unbearably slow with no action other than pitcher and batter standing around wasting time. Had become a joke really.
pitch clock: Pitchers will have 15 seconds with the bases empty and 20 seconds with a runner on. Pitchers must begin their motion in that time or be assessed a ball. Batters not in the box by the eight-second mark will receive a strike.
Most pitchers throw a pitch around every 15 seconds anyways so I doubt it will make much difference in the flow of the game. For the first 100 years or so, most games lasted around two hours. Always enjoy your videos!
Speaking to your point, it's interesting to read about games during the deadball era that lasted one hour, twenty minutes. Pitchers must've worked incredibly fast, no pitching changes, and lower pitch counts. Thanks for the comment.
@@thebaseballprofessor Pete Rose said that more commercials is why games take much longer. It`s probably a lot of reasons. I think the bigger issue is getting the batting averages back up. Lower the mound. Possibly move the rubber back a little. Pitchers routinely throw around 100mph now. Make it possible to have a couple players realistically have a chance to hit over .400 every year. Move all the fences in 10ft. More offense and a speeded up game then baseball will have a new younger fanbase.
I do like your list! You're right about the [idiocy of] clocks. And the video review in NYC 🗽 has been a joke and canard from Day 1, but potentially handy for shading outcomes under legal betting. Getting hard for me to remember that "there's no crying in baseball." ⚾✌️😎
I still can’t believe that certain other sports, specifically tennis have refs at all when computers could do a better job reliably but I do understand with baseball it’s a little more complicated but clearly the technology exists for computers to determine if a pitch was in the strike zone
There is a good article in the New Yorker about machines calling balls and strikes. I do believe it's coming. www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/08/30/invasion-of-the-robot-umpires
It’s kinda inevitable at this point, especially with (((Manfred))) running things. Hopefully once he’s gone, the new commissioner will undo a bunch of these head scratching rules (like all the new ones this year + no more DH in NL) and baseball will be baseball again
I stopped listening to baseball when the Cleveland Indians caved to wokeness. Haven't looked back and couldn't care less what happens to sports in America anymore. But thanks for your vid, I'm sure you meant well.
I guess if you're limiting yourself to five, something has to be left out, but the DH in 1974 is a big one, IMO bigger than the PED ban.
I thought of mentioning it as an aside to lowering the pitcher's mound, but it's its own thing. Changes game strategy more that batting averages I reckon. Big departure from tradition. The PED ban seems awfully significant though, especially as pharmaceutical knowledge advances.
A pitch clock in baseball?! Say it ain’t so! Designated hitters in the National League and now a pitch clock is ruining America’s Pastime.
I do not even like the idea of a pitch clock. The pitcher had a mind game with hitters and runners based on time between pitches or stepping off the rubber and it kills that. Too much emphasis is put on offense when it's a defensive game. Why else would the defense have the ball? I despise the DH always have. If you play in the field you should bat. A lot of strategy is lost by the DH rule. The whole game is in a bad way. What happened to stolen bases and hit and runs? What makes it fun is being destroyed slowly but surely. Hardly any players hit .300 anymore. Pitchers don't throw hardly any innings and forget the 100 pitch games. I am so saddened by what is happening to the greatest game ever.
It will change the game in significant ways. Fifteen seconds is not much time.
A New Era of baseball is coming.
Great videos. But PEDs are still in baseball in a big way. Peeing in a cup helps, but I have heard many many doctors on podcasts talk about this…and until players are randomly tested by blood tests…there will be cheating in all sports that don’t test blood.
True enough.
Time has never been a factor in determining results in baseball.
Yeah I kind of don't like the pitch clock.
That's not entirely true. There once was a time when you had to get the game in before sunset.
@@big8dog887 False. Homo-Sapiens back then had better night vision, but ever since increased light pollution (due to technology) we have all gotten worse at seeing in the dark.
@big8dog88 and those games continued the next day.
@@naciremasti That's mostly incorrect. They only resumed games where they left off ("suspended" is the proper term) if the visitors had tied or taken the lead in the last inning played and the home team hadn't had its turn at bat yet. Otherwise, the game was simply declared over, and the team in the lead was declared the winner. If the game was tied, all player stats counted, but the game itself didn't. Which meant that if the game needed to be made up, they replayed it _in its entirety._ This is why you see some players having played 155 games in a 154 game season.
Three strikes and four balls. Foul bunts count as third strike.
I enjoy your content very much 😊!
Who was even clamoring to do away with defensive shifts? It seems random.
People who like to keep score of games for one. It's nice to know what a 5-3 groundout looks like.
The three true outcomes are taking over. Ban extreme shifts = higher BABIP = more exciting games
I doubt Bob Costas and other baseball purists will like the new rule changes.
I predict purists will denounce the rules, but the real measure of things will be whether or not the games is more enjoyable for spectators.
Been watching baseball since 1970. Watched ws that year balt v reds. Pitch clock has saved bb. It had become unbearably slow with no action other than pitcher and batter standing around wasting time. Had become a joke really.
Odd to see everyone whining about the pitch clock when pace of play is the #1 issue killing the sport.
If we're including off the field rule changes, then free agency absolutely counts
Good point
pitch clock: Pitchers will have 15 seconds with the bases empty and 20 seconds with a runner on. Pitchers must begin their motion in that time or be assessed a ball. Batters not in the box by the eight-second mark will receive a strike.
That`s been around the average time between pitches anyway. Keeping the batter in the box might help a little with speeding the game up.
Most pitchers throw a pitch around every 15 seconds anyways so I doubt it will make much difference in the flow of the game. For the first 100 years or so, most games lasted around two hours. Always enjoy your videos!
Speaking to your point, it's interesting to read about games during the deadball era that lasted one hour, twenty minutes. Pitchers must've worked incredibly fast, no pitching changes, and lower pitch counts. Thanks for the comment.
@@thebaseballprofessor Pete Rose said that more commercials is why games take much longer. It`s probably a lot of reasons. I think the bigger issue is getting the batting averages back up. Lower the mound. Possibly move the rubber back a little. Pitchers routinely throw around 100mph now. Make it possible to have a couple players realistically have a chance to hit over .400 every year. Move all the fences in 10ft. More offense and a speeded up game then baseball will have a new younger fanbase.
I do like your list! You're right about the [idiocy of] clocks. And the video review in NYC 🗽 has been a joke and canard from Day 1, but potentially handy for shading outcomes under legal betting. Getting hard for me to remember that "there's no crying in baseball." ⚾✌️😎
I still can’t believe that certain other sports, specifically tennis have refs at all when computers could do a better job reliably but I do understand with baseball it’s a little more complicated but clearly the technology exists for computers to determine if a pitch was in the strike zone
Baseball is dead to me.
Do you really think we will see robot umps calling balls and strikes? I feel like MLB will resist making that change
There is a good article in the New Yorker about machines calling balls and strikes. I do believe it's coming. www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/08/30/invasion-of-the-robot-umpires
Expect in 2025, at least as a "demonstration." 😰
It’s kinda inevitable at this point, especially with (((Manfred))) running things. Hopefully once he’s gone, the new commissioner will undo a bunch of these head scratching rules (like all the new ones this year + no more DH in NL) and baseball will be baseball again
As long as robots don’t replace the players.
I stopped listening to baseball when the Cleveland Indians caved to wokeness. Haven't looked back and couldn't care less what happens to sports in America anymore. But thanks for your vid, I'm sure you meant well.
I'm sure the sports world will truly miss you.
Yeah well, good riddance.