Sports
MLB Votes To Adopt Pitch Clock, Limiting Of The Shift, And Bigger Bases
The decisions were made Friday by the sport's 11-man competition committee over the unanimous opposition of the panel's four players.
September 10, 2022
Major League Baseball is introducing some of its most radical rules next season, adopting a pitch clock and limiting defensive shifts after concluding modern analytics created a slower, less entertaining sport.
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The decisions were made Friday by the sport's 11-man competition committee over the unanimous opposition of the panel's four players. Commissioner Rob Manfred pushed for the innovations along with a management team that included former Boston and Chicago Cubs executive Theo Epstein, now an MLB consultant.
"The influx of data in our industry," Epstein said, "have not improved the game from an esthetic standpoint or from an entertainment standpoint. So in my role now, it's my responsibility to try to look at the big picture, think about what's great for fans."
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