Add it all up over a full season, he says, and 'everybody's gonna get a few extra days in...
Astros owner Jim Crane, who took the field with his wife, Whitney, before Thursday's season opener to celebrate Houston's 2022 championship, applauds baseball's pitch-clock initiative to speed the pace of play.With Major League Baseball's new pitch clock in place, Thursday's 15 season openers averaged 2 hours, 45 minutes in length. Average game time for the 2022 MLB season was roughly 3 hours and 4 minutes.
The Astros' 3-2 loss to the White Sox came in at 2:38, with no pitch-clock violations by a pitcher of hitter on either team. And while fans at Minute Maid Park wouldn't have minded a longer game had the Astros been able to pull even in the ninth, the pace of play was crisp.“I think the game’s gotten way too long,” Crane said before Thursday's opener. “Nobody can really sit in the stands for three, three-and-half hours. People don’t have that much time.
Upon getting the ball, pitchers now have 15 seconds to start their delivery toward the plate with the bases empty and 20 seconds if anyone is aboard. Batters must be facing the pitcher, ready to hit, by the time the clock is down to eight seconds. “That’s a good pace,” Crane said. “I think the guys will get used to it. It was a little bit of a change, but I think the game will flow fine. And if you add that all up, 30 minutes times 162 games plus the playoffs, everybody’s gonna get a few extra days in their life.”
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