Tag: MLB Pitch Clock
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So Little Time
MLB was not satisfied with the original pitch clock rule changes they instituted prior to the 2023 season that shortened games a “whopping” 24 minutes from 2022 levels. As outraged as we were here at BP that MLB decided to implement a timer to the game of baseball that previously never had been on a…
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Pitch Clock Playoffs
In our last post, we pointed out the all-time lowest ratings in this year’s World Series. The disastrous ratings were not just limited to the World Series, since the entire post season was down 8% from 2022. In addition, games across FOX, FS1 and TBS/truTV averaged 3.1 million viewers, which was down from the 3.4…
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Post Season Pitch clock: End of Debate
1970 Baltimore Orioles World Series Champions
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The Post Season Pitch Clock Debate
There has been an ongoing debate about whether to relax the pitch clock rules when it comes to the post season. We have not even experienced a pitch clock post season, but already there seems to be a division within the baseball hierarchy about whether to change the rules to give more time during the…
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Statistics you Likely Never Heard About nor Care to Hear About
PPTV, CPTV or DSV. Have you ever heard of any of these acronyms? Neither have we. No, they are not new variants of Covid nor are they government agencies. Do not feel bad, we didn’t know what these stood for before we started researching pitch clock related violations. The pitch clock has sprouted a number…
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The Not So Starry All Star Ratings
First All Star Game – 1933
Baseball Purist 