
Effectively Wild Episode 2003: Return of the Mack
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
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The Benefits of a Pitch Clock
The time between pitches is also much more predictable and interesting because of the reduced variance in that time. We know that after 12 or 15 seconds passed, either a pitch or a ball is imminent,. There is now some tension. Will the pitcher make it before the pitch clock? Usually the longer the pitcher took, the less interesting that time was. Mac: Do you feel like the predictable regular cadence of it has helped? Or do you find it off-putting that it is so standardized and uniform?
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