tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post4706465237984436769..comments2024-03-29T02:42:01.539-04:00Comments on IT IS HIGH! IT IS FAR! IT IS... caught.: Dear Commissioner Manfred: The Yankees have now used 21 pitchers in 22 days, and the current roster system is a jokeStanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758839786688249648noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-34736609910012974262015-06-23T17:59:18.161-04:002015-06-23T17:59:18.161-04:00LBJ not that it makes much difference but Rocheste...LBJ not that it makes much difference but Rochester is Minnesota's AAA affiliate and that may be a good thing.Blind Robin !noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-55478424421501324512015-06-23T13:47:29.155-04:002015-06-23T13:47:29.155-04:00I like the sound of the Rochester Red Barons... I like the sound of the Rochester Red Barons... Der Kaisernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-10929635089142243612015-06-23T08:59:29.997-04:002015-06-23T08:59:29.997-04:00Sorry, that should be Red Wings, not Red Barons......Sorry, that should be Red Wings, not Red Barons...Local Bargain Jerkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11777702960645118146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-74392076612458964452015-06-23T08:49:57.262-04:002015-06-23T08:49:57.262-04:00Also, thanks for trying to speed up the game. Good...<i>Also, thanks for trying to speed up the game. Good luck on that. For the 55 years I've followed baseball, folks have been trying to speed up the game, without dropping commercials between innings. Oh, well...</i><br /><br />I went to a AAA game last night in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. It's our tradition to go to a game on or close to the longest day of the year because there's a pretty nice sunset over the left field wall at McCoy Stadium.<br /><br />The game was my first exposure to a 20-second pitch clock. I had misunderstood what was being done to speed up the game and was only aware of the rules focusing on the batter (e.g., not leaving the box during the at bat). In this league, the clock starts once the ball hits the pitcher's glove on the throwback from the catcher. The pitcher then has 20 seconds to come to the set position, i.e., not to deliver the ball, just come to a set.<br /><br />I found that, after tossing the ball back, the time it takes for the catcher to get into a squat position and flash his signals takes about 10 seconds. If there's a man on base, add another five seconds for the pitcher to look over at the runner. 20 seconds is just about right.<br /><br />It was a pleasure to watch the game. It was as though the entire stadium was on the same rhythm as the pitcher. The game ended in about 3 hours, and only because there were a half-dozen pitching changes in the final 3 innings.<br /><br />Oh, and by the way: The away team was the Rochester Red Barons, Detroit's AAA club. Their starting pitcher was a guy named Tyler Duffy and he had the Boston AAA club bamboozled. At one point, he had a no-hitter going, but was losing 2-0 due to his teammates' errors. We will see him some day in Comerica or the Bronx facing our guys.Local Bargain Jerkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11777702960645118146noreply@blogger.com