SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Major league players are against many of the radical changes introduced during the Arizona Fall League to speed up games.
Baseball players’ association head Tony Clark is encouraging his membership to make slight adjustments that will improve the pace of games without completely altering the way they do their jobs.
A former All-Star first baseman and the first player to head the union, Clark said Wednesday on the first stop of his spring training tour that extreme methods aren’t feasible at the sport’s highest level.
Players agreed to time limits for between-innings breaks and pitching changes, and a requirement batters keep one foot in the box in many instances. But the only penalties will be warnings and fines.
The AFL experiment included a 20-second clock between pitches, a limitation of pitcher’s mound conferences involving catchers and managers, and no-pitch intentional walks.
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