An interesting study in the Wall Street Journal:
Some statistical analysis shows that not much would change if baseball switched to two strikes and three balls. The average game would go from like 150 pitches to 100, the game would go by faster, and all the statistics would stay the same.
Before you roll your eyes, doesn’t your softball team start 1 and 1? Doesn’t the pitcher bat in your softball league? Read the story before you dismiss.
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ok. you cut down to about 100 pitches per game, and that already seems to be the limit for most starting pitchers. that means complete games or near-complete games every night. when you can take out the bullpen, that completely changes the complexion of the roster and bench.
and if you could remove the bullpen from the 2008 Mets, well, we can do the math on what that means…
and i've never heard of starting at 1 and 1 in softball or little league or anything like that.
"Instead of the average game taking 146 pitches to complete, the average game would take just 109 pitches, meaning that pitchers could once again consistently throw a complete game"
What's stopping pitchers throwing complete games now? What's changed since the days of yore?
It occurs to me that shortened counts would amplify dodgy calls by the home plate umpire, making undeserved walks and lucky strikeouts a more common outcome.
Or take it the other way, to give guys like "Extremely Patient Kevin Youkilis" a chance to work the 6-5 count:
http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/extremely_patient_kevin_0
I say stop with the pitching changes, there should be a limit, tell both teams, sorry, only three per game, or 1 per inning or whatever, and give me a gun when there is that left righty lefty pitching change…
If it's for both teams, why would any team have a problem with that? Sorry, tough titties.
Otherwise, how about a fewer promos between innings, and do away with t-shirt launches, and all the crap.
The game is fine, stop the nonsense, and who said it was o.k. to have 6 pitching changes every night for every team.
It's like the N.B.A., who said you could have five time outs in the last minute to ruin the game?