MLB implements small rule changes to speed up the pace of play
By Bill Shaikin | Los Angeles Times (TNS)
April 2, 2017
Filed under National News
Rob Manfred became baseball’s commissioner two years ago, and since then the radical changes have been fast and furious. No defensive shifts. Automatic baserunners in extra innings. Shrinking the strike zone. Limits on visits to the mound. Pitch clocks. Restrictions on how many relief pitchers a team can ha...
On playoff seeding issue, Major League Baseball lacks behind
By Jeremy Tepper / Senior Staff Writer
September 21, 2015
Filed under Sports, Sports Columns
Imagine you’re the commissioner of the MLB. You, in theory, want what’s best for the sport, including increased viewership — especially considering the low ratings in last year’s World Series, while Sunday Night Football nearly doubled in viewership. Good, competitive games, for certain, will increase vie...