After nearly a full week of Washington Nationals exhibition games, it is becoming increasingly clear the game needs a pitch clock.
Now, before you roast me in the comments section and online, let’s make something clear, pace of play issues and length of games are not equal. You can have a riveting five-hour game and a boring 90-minute affair. How long a game goes should not be the only judge.
The dead time during a game, however, must be addressed. Cutting meetings, automatic intentional walks and the time a manager has to make a replay decision are a cosmetic start, but do little to address the problem.