MLB commissioner Rob Manfred has yet another stupid idea to fix baseball

Do you hear that? It’s the sound of dozens of baseball writers furiously concocting angry tweets and lengthy missives about Another Dumb Move™ by Rob Manfred and the MLB Commissioner’s office. Tak-tak-tak go the keyboards. If you listen carefully, it’s a cacophony.

Baseball has a pace of play problem. At least, that’s what Manfred thinks. He believes the reason folks aren’t watching games is because three hours is too darned long for anyone to focus on one thing. Every suggestion Manfred has made to “improve” the game seems to be like an artificial intelligence computer randomly generating new rules.

“Ticket prices are too expensive for families!” fans say.

“Pitch clocks,” replies Manfred.

“We…