used to enjoy the contest of pacing between batter and pitcher. baseball is a lot less relaxing now with that fucking clock ticking down in the corner of the screen. if you must have a clock at least stop fucking showing it on the overlay graphics MLB
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the shift ban has encouraged more small ball and less three true outcome play. the problem with the shift is that it was created by computers, and those same computers said that the best way to beat the shift was to try to hit a home run every at bat.
banning using your short stop as a second right fielder means the stat dweebs can start to value slap hitters and small ball guys, and so far this season is working