Ballpark Digest
The Business of Ballparks and Baseball in Major League Baseball, Minor League Baseball, Indy, Summer Collegiate and College
For many an important onlooker, the most anticipated (and scrutinized) day of the 2015 Minor League Baseball calendar won’t be Opening Day, Thursday, April 9. Instead, it will be Friday, May 1, the day that pace-of-play directives begin receiving strict enforcement at the Double-A and Triple-A levels. (more…)
The new pace-of-play rules for Minor League Baseball’s Double-A and Triple-A teams have been announced, as measures to shorten the length of games will be implemented for the 2015 season. (more…)
There’s a chance Major League Baseball could shorten the season to 154 games, but Commissioner Rob Manfred says it’s not a high-priority item unless owners show interest. (more…)
Major League Baseball announced several changes designed to improve the pace of play for the 2015 season, including alterations to instant-replay procedures. (more…)
It’s not final, but there are reports that 20-second pitch clocks could be on deck for Double-A and Triple-A MiLB leagues for the 2015 season, as MLB tests strategies for speeding the pace of play in affiliated baseball. (more…)
It’s a major issue for the independent Atlantic League, and leaders are taking another run at ways to quicken the pace of games with the formation of a Pace of Play (POP) Committee. The committee is tasked with reviewing ways to reduce the average time and enliven the pace of baseball games in order to […]