Tag: Rob Manfred

Why Baseball’s Pace of Play Won’t Change

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Pace of Play

By Michael Pallas – Last Word on Baseball No matter how much Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred wants it to change, the pace of play won’t speed up. Why Baseball’s Pace of Play Won’t Change We’ve seen incremental pace of play increases over the years, but games won’t ever be as short as they […] READ MORE

Rob Manfred’s Comments on Relievers are Ridiculous

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By Josh Greenberg – Last Word On Baseball Since taking over as commissioner of Major League Baseball in January of 2015, Rob Manfred has made it his personal crusade to reduce the time it takes to play a professional baseball game. The idea is that reducing game time will attract new and younger fans. It’s […] READ MORE

Shortening MLB Commercial Breaks is Nothing but Lip Service

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Maury Brown reported on Friday in a Forbes article that Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is open to considering shortening commercial breaks to improve the league's pace of play. Fans shouldn't expect much actual action on this front, however. Shortening MLB commercial breaks is nothing but lip service by Manfred. READ MORE

Report: Dugout Signal to Replace Four-Pitch Intentional Walk

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By Joshua Greenberg – Last Word On Baseball On Wednesday, Major League Baseball scored a victory in its war against overly long games. MLB has looked at a wide variety of ways to shorten games, and now one of those will go into effect for the 2017 season. Thanks to an agreement between the league […] READ MORE

Save America’s Pastime Act Comes at Huge Cost

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As fans of the game, it is sometimes difficult for us to distinguish the line between athlete and person. When a pitcher is lighting up the radar gun with blistering fastballs, we don’t generally think about his wife and two children at home. When a cleanup hitter belts a hanging curveball over the center field […] READ MORE