walldrill Posted January 22, 2015 Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 I know minor leagues are experimenting with it this year and may work its way to the BIGS in the near future. Personally I feel that's one of the beautiful things about baseball is no time limits. Sometimes I go to the park hoping to see extra baseball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walldrill Posted January 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 Cubs pitcher John Lester nailed it!http://espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/story/_/id/12183311/jon-lester-chicago-cubs-does-not-want-pitch-clock-major-league-baseball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrUmp1 Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 It has always been a rule that the pitcher has 20 seconds from the time he receives the ball to pitch to the batter. Was just an umpire judgment and I have never seen it called. I have seen it called if there was just total stalling by either the batter or pitcher after being ask to pitch or get in the box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olddadt49 Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 I really like the timing of baseball the way it is now. Don't put too many changes in a great game that has survived so may years even through so many changes in society. walldrill 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walldrill Posted January 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 It has always been a rule that the pitcher has 20 seconds from the time he receives the ball to pitch to the batter. Was just an umpire judgment and I have never seen it called. I have seen it called if there was just total stalling by either the batter or pitcher after being ask to pitch or get in the box. Exactly, I think this is something the umpires should be able to control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
643 Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 It has always been a rule that the pitcher has 20 seconds from the time he receives the ball to pitch to the batter. Was just an umpire judgment and I have never seen it called. I have seen it called if there was just total stalling by either the batter or pitcher after being ask to pitch or get in the box. I've seen this called once, 3rd base coach HAD to have multiple talks with each batter, Billy Davis called for a pitch after twice telling the batter to "get in the box", pitcher didn't deliver beacause batter was not in box, told pitcher to thro the ball to the catcher now. When he did it was called a strike, by the time the batter finally got in the box he had 2 strikes on him, end result 2 coaches were ejected and the batter got a K.... MrUmp1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmersFight Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 A pitch clock in baseball, to me, takes away from the game. Of course at the MLB level, it's not a game anymore, it's a business. That's why you have instant replay beginning to make its way into the game because it HAS to be right to take care of the business! Let the umpires control it, as long as they can, with the rules that are already in place. Asking for more regulations in the game does not make sense. It's like asking the government for more regulations on society. We've got about all the government we can afford now!!! walldrill 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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