Bruce's Journal

Bruce Slutsky was born in New York City in 1949. I retired six years ago after working as a Science/Engineering Librarian at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark for 25 years. I was married to Karen until she passed away in February 2021. I have a son Lee who is now 35 years old. I am very much interested in the popular music of the 1960s, especially Bob Dylan and the Beatles. I am interested in rock and roll radio. I am an enthusiastic fan of the New York Mets.

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

MLB is Testing Rules in Arizona Fall League to Speed Up Baseball Games

About a year ago I reported in this journal on long baseball games. The man in the picture above seems to have nodded off during a long game. I read today on the ESPN site that there were going to be rules tested in the Arizona Fall League to try to speed up games. In 1981 the average game was 2 hr 33 minutes while it is now slightly over 3 hours. The ESPN site details all of the rules, so it is not necessary to repeat them here. I like the rule limiting teams to three trips to the mound by managers, coaches and catchers during a game, except for pitching changes.

I suppose the MLB will evaluate what happens in the Arizona Fall League this season before implementing permanent changes. This likely would not happen until 2016 at the earliest.