@mjp28 said:

Who was it Buerle versus Westbrook when the games were always UNDER  2 hours, some 1:50 +/-.  NO horsing around get ball --> throw ball.

Then the games got too cute playing around with extra signs, shifts, unnecessary throws to first, in/out of the box games, etc, etc....  The games ballooned to 3+ pushing 4 hour yawn fests.  Too bad ..... well you know  PLAY BALL  dammit !

I love baseball, and watch as many Guardians games as possible, along with random ESPN games and the occasional Akron Rubberducks game down the road.

But 3+ hour games get ponderous, especially when there are 162 of them. I'm all for speeding up the game pace. 

@dutch-oven said:

I've read that the game times have dropped by a half hour on average. 

It's funny that most of the people complaining about the pitch clock are people who thinks baseball was the best back in the day when 2 hour games were the norm.

Who was it Buerle versus Westbrook when the games were always UNDER  2 hours, some 1:50 +/-.  NO horsing around get ball --> throw ball.

Then the games got too cute playing around with extra signs, shifts, unnecessary throws to first, in/out of the box games, etc, etc....  The games ballooned to 3+ pushing 4 hour yawn fests.  Too bad ..... well you know  PLAY BALL  dammit !

@axe said:

Gotta love the pitch clock and doing away with the shift

I've read that the game times have dropped by a half hour on average. 

It's funny that most of the people complaining about the pitch clock are people who thinks baseball was the best back in the day when 2 hour games were the norm.

@syd said:

damn thats coming up fast

Sure is and ST is already up to 03/03/23 and that FS1 game is 04/01/23  for real at 9:40 EDST ...... yes in daylight savings time .    

@mjp28 said:

And yes  April 1 in beautiful  Seattle  !          

• April 1 @ Seattle Mariners (9:40 p.m.) - FS1

damn thats coming up fast

@syd said:

i  watched the tribe reds game over the weekend it was cool but wot's the deal with the big ass bases ?

The   "long overdue big ass bases"   that should cut down on some occasionally serious injuries.  It should also really pick up the SB numbers on close calls.  Teams like CLE will really do well with them too.

2023 Guardians National Broadcast Games ..... right here in one list.   And yes  April 1 in beautiful  Seattle  !          

• April 1 @ Seattle Mariners (9:40 p.m.) - FS1
• May 14 vs. Los Angeles Angels (1:40 p.m.) - Peacock
• May 21 @ New York Mets (7:08 p.m.) - ESPN
• May 27 vs. St. Louis Cardinals (7:15 p.m.) - FOX
• June 3 @ Minnesota Twins (7:15 p.m.) - FOX
• June 17 @ Arizona Diamondbacks (10:10 p.m.) - FS1
• July 1 @ Chicago Cubs (7:15 p.m.) - FOX
• July 15 @ Texas Rangers (4:05 p.m.) - FS1
• August 6 vs Chicago White Sox (1:40 pm.) - Peacock
• August 17 vs. Detroit Tigers (7:15 p.m.) - FOX

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