The PItch Clock

The World Series starts tomorrow (without the Mariners!). And that reminds me that I, yes, I, invented the pitch timer.

In 2017 I was watching an MLB game (probably the Seattle Mariners). I don't watch a lot of baseball games and have, in fact, made it my goal to watch zero MLB games per season.

During that game, I watched as the pitcher would goof off before throwing the ball and the batter would step out of the batter box to adjust his gloves or hit his shoes with his bat for some reason.

And I decided that baseball needed a pitch clock. I posted this on facebook:

And in 2023, MLB introduced a pitch "timer" which is basically a pitch clock. So I was six years ahead of the MLB. Now the MLB rules are a bit different from what I proposed, including the amount of time given being a lot more. I based my 7 seconds on how long it took the pitcher to throw the ball after he gets it if he doesn't goof off.

What do you think of the pitch clock? Hate it or love it? It's supposed to speed up games (I'm not sure if it has).