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It's not about overall time as much as idle time. Something happening every 15 seconds instead of every 30. Analytics ruined swings. Maybe over time we will see less reliance on launch angle and get back to real hitting.

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Why is this the best columnist of our age?

Because I started out about to skip it because I don’t care about the College World Series and read the whole enjoyable ride.

1) It certainly tells me a lot about Manfred. I suspected the same.

2) I hate some of the changes but am happy the games are shorter. I remember watching Steve Carlton and Bob Gibson duel for nine innings in 1:50-ish.

3) Can we please avoid nights like Wednesday when we sat through 2.5 hours of rain delay and never saw a pitch. It rained the same at 4. 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9pm. And don’t give me we only see them here once. It was the Braves.

Still, this is a great column. And I love baseball.

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There is a study waiting to be done. Some social scientist is going to compare crowd behavior-pre rule changes vs post. My thesis is that they will find a significant reduction in screen time while the game is in progress. That is my observation to be confirmed by a more rigorous study.

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Excellent. I like the pitch clock — though the call the other day against Travis d’Arnaud was mystifying — and like more SBs. I don’t like the “Manfred Man” — great little ditty ditty there — and certainly not earlier in a game. I like the shift rules. Certainly I don’t want designated runners and that other crap being tossed out there.

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