Paul Sullivan: What we learned about MLB's new pace-of-play rules
by Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune
Feb 22, 2018
3 minutes
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - You learn something new every day.
Here are some things I learned from Chief Baseball Officer Joe Torre Tuesday during the MLB media day at the Glendale Civic Center.
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Deadening dead time
While everyone talks about pace-of-game changes as a way to shorten games, the new six-mound visit limit isn't expected to accomplish that.
"I used to get calls from Commissioner Selig, 'Why do the Yankees and Red Sox play such long games?' " Torre said. "It was all strategy.
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