Tag: faster mlb games
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Doubling Your Misery: The Ghost Runner and the Pitch Clock
There are two rules that have likely had the greatest impact on shortening the game. The first is the ghost runner and the other is the pitch clock. From a purely anecdotal scanning of opinion pieces and fan reactions throughout the internet, it appears that most fans would scrap the ghost runner, but most favor…
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Faster Game vs More Injuries
There has been little discussion about what ramifications that a faster pace of games will have on pitchers after implementing the pitch clock, but there is a likelihood that this will increase the rate of injuries. An article below in 2016 notes just that fact. In an interview of Michael Sonne, an ergonomics researcher who…
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