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Major League Baseball is about to make a major rule change, altering how intentional walks are handed out. Instead of a pitcher throwing four pitches out of the strike zone, the walk will be awarded by a signal from the dugout, ESPN reported Tuesday night.
The network said the league and its union have agreed to the change, which will take effect this season. MLB has been trying to make its games shorter. However, The Wall Street Journal said last week that the change would save an average of 14 seconds per game.
Fans are not happy about the change, with many pointing out that botched intentional walks have led to game-changing moments.
Wikipedia: Intentional base on balls.
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Major League Baseball Plans to Get Rid of Intentional Walks
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 24 2017, @04:01PM
They _are_ doing something about the pitching, they've already introduced a pitch clock into the minor leagues and in 2018 they'll be introducing it into the majors.
IIRC, the pitcher will only get 20 seconds in order to throw the pitch.
(Score: 2) by Reziac on Saturday February 25 2017, @03:15AM
Baseball is a game made up almost entirely of judgment calls. Adding a pitch clock goes against the spirit of the game. Also, the ump can already penalize the pitcher for delay of game, so the clock is just more horeseshit tweaking by people who understand marketing but don't understand baseball.
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.