Maybe The Pitch Clock Isn’t That Bad?

A man of integrity must admit when he is wrong. Just three short weeks ago, I wrote an article about Major League Baseball messing with the game in ways that they shouldn’t. A pitch clock? Why? Why change the game that people love and is most associated with Americas past time when you just don’t have to? I still find it unnecessary to make this change. I just can’t believe that cutting a game 20 minutes short is going to attract a new crowd of people with a shorter attention span or please that group enough to suddenly make them baseballs biggest fans. 

My biggest question is how this affects the money? Shorter games means less commercials and advertisements on the tv side, less time for fans to buy hot dogs and beer at the games, less time overall tuned in to MLBs product. This doesn’t affect me so I don’t give a shit, but it certainly doesn’t seem like a smart business decision, right?

Although I still have questions, I’m here to admit that I was wrong. The opening weekend of baseball is now behind us and I could hardly notice a difference. The pitch clock actually seems pretty reasonable, at least for those obnoxious at bats we seem to encounter in every game. My biggest gripe and fear was that the outcome of games would be affected and I truly believe, after a weekend of binge watching baseball, that will not be the case. I will certainly still argue that changes need made for playoff baseball, but let’s save that for another blog. For now, I formally apologize for thinking this was the dumbest rule change ever, because it’s really not that bad.