Before now, pitchers could be thrown kind of whenever the pitcher wanted to. Now batters can only call one time out when they step up to the plate. The other two rule changes are more geared to pumping up the action on the field.
On his visit to Beijing Emmanuel Macron, France’s president, has much to balance: his peacemaking ways, a more hawkish travel partner and the commercial interests of his delegation of business leaders. What will result? We ask what is being done to avoid a looming famine in North Korea. And why baseball is getting speedier and more action-packed this season.
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