Hey look, it’s yet another topic that I brought up and you guys said I was a cranky old man…but now that Tom Verducci writes it you will all take it seriously. Good stuff here about how HRs and Ks create a lack of action, games are way too long, horrible managers that go nuts with bullpens….
The quaint interludes between balls regularly put in play have become yawning gaps of nothingness. Major League Baseball is concerned how the trends of more velocity, more relief pitchers and more all-or-nothing hitters are slowing the game. While the game prospers economically, baseball officials worry about where the sport is headed. They fret over internal polls that show they risk losing the next generation of fans as the pace of action slows in a technology-driven world that offers more diversions at a
Source: MLB: Home runs and strikeouts are up, and it’s a problem | SI.com