Give commissioner Rob Manfred credit for changing the rules to help the game keep pace in...
Chicago White Sox second baseman Elvis Andrus bats with the pitch clock behind him in the second inning on opening day of an MLB baseball game at Minute Maid Park on Thursday, March 30, 2023 in Houston.Major League Baseball games featuring 21 combined hits are completed in just 3 hours and 11 minutes.It’s way too early to say anything definitive about the 2023 Astros, other than the fact that they should be in the playoffs again.
And on a perfect weather Saturday afternoon as April began and 37,519 kept booing Chicago White Sox reliever Joe Kelly over and over, a professional game that would have required at least four hours a season ago was inked into the official history book with 3:11 attached to a 6-4 Astros win.Kelly giving up two hits and a run while Chicago collapsed in the late innings, and one of the biggest whiners in sports was handed another L.
But three contests into the long 162, Manfred’s determined push to improve pace of play appears to not just be working but making a considerable impact.“The clock makes guys get in the box quicker on the hitting side,” Astros manager Dusty Baker said. “It makes pitchers aware of the clock.”
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