Mound visits get :30 clock

[ABC]

In its latest effort to accelerate the pace of its games, Major League Baseball announced Thursday that mound visits by managers and pitching coaches would be limited to 30 seconds.

 

The clock starts when the manager or coach leaves the dugout. Within 30 seconds, the manager or coach must either leave the mound or make a pitching change. Umpires can break up any meeting after 30 seconds, and repeat violators can expect warning letters and/or fines.

 

MLB has encouraged managers and coaches to run out to the mound, in order to save as many seconds as possible for the actual conference there.

 

 

Fans can see the clock,

 

 

 

http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-baseball-hurry-up-20160225-story.html

 

[happybat4]

Great

[Broad Street]

Could you imagine Sosh running out to the mound?

[itsTroutahere]

It will take Scioscia 30 seconds to make it to the mound, maybe even more.

[Glen]

Could you imagine Sosh running out to the mound?

 

 

I'm thinking of the scene in "Old School" where the fat kid has to do the beam jump.

[IEAngelsfan]

If Sosh has to run that much to and from the mound, they should have a defibrillator in the dugout......just in case.

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

Yeah, ok, so they put a time limit.....But, not an amount per game...... Still isn't going to stop all the mound visits.

 

Posada would go out for a mound visit each pitch during the playoffs! I still see that happen.... More during the second half when the games get more tense.

[zenmaster]

We will have to sign a designated person to visit the mound now when we want to change pitchers.

[Second Base]

Nagy is pretty spry. When he visits the mound, running shouldn't be a problem. Sosh...as soon as he leaves the dugout he typically signals.

[Slegnaac]

Nagy is pretty spry. When he visits the mound, running shouldn't be a problem. Sosh...as soon as he leaves the dugout he typically signals.

This.

Scoscia only goes to take a pitcher out of the game. He wouldn't be running. However, I wonder if instead of signaling right away he will take the full 30 seconds before signaling since they have less time during the first visit.

[Troll Daddy]

Hate this rule

[laagamer]

As an umpire, I like this.

[Blarg]

This is stupid and unecessary.

Unless it is a Yankee/Red Soxs game.