There’s little denying that Major League Baseball is intent upon evolving their product as time goes on, worried that letting it stagnate will alienate a new era of potential baseball fans. We’ve seen rule change after rule change dedicated to such evolution, with pitch clocks lopping dozens of minutes off average game times and larger bases helping fuel a base-stealing renaissance.
The question is, do people out there actually appreciate how that’s impacted the games they watch? And, perhaps just as important, has it done anything to the perceptions about how long the grueling MLB seasons should be?