Rich Eisen Has Been Completely (Almost) Won Over by MLB’s New Pitch Clock | The Rich Eisen Show

[@davidhogenmiller248]

Who knew you could hit a baseball without adjusting your batting gloves 3 times each per pitch?

[@aaronbroomfield4420]

Nomar Garciaparra: 😮

[@mc76]

Nomar Garciaparra would be tearing his hair out if he were still playing.

[@VoxVeritas1776]

@@mc76 and Mike “The Human Rain Delay” Hargrove

[@ryanhuisman5381]

It was never about total time, it's always, ALWAYS been about pace. Action. I love love love the changes made. And we still see some 3 hour games but we don't mind because they're 11-7 slugfests with 12 total pitchers used. Those games used to take 4-1/2 hours. It just goes faster because of pace. Brilliant!!!

[@jasonthemagnificent2.0]

I love the pitch clock. Can you imagine if there was no play clock in Football and the QB just sat there for 5 mins before he hiked the ball?

[@paulcalixte2223]

OMAHA!

[@firingallcylinders2949]

or if the NBA allowed for permanent keep away instead of having to shoot?

[@matthewmaning4859]

​@@firingallcylinders2949 basketball use to be that way.

[@carlhicksjr8401]

I LOVE the pitch clock. There is no Earthly reason why a regular season baseball game has to go into 5 hours and change. ESPECIALLY when you can break the game down to 'hits and catches' highlights and be done with the whole thing in 2 minutes. It's about time MLB finally told the players to put down the pine tar and rosin bags, stop eff'ing with your hat or gloves, knock off the 25 practice swings and fake throws to first, and play the damned game.

[@siniister710]

as a red sox fan nothing has been worse than 3-1 games against the yankees that took 4.5 hours. Like why man lol so much better now

[@AJFar-tm7dn]

@@siniister710 with our old Catcher that got traded for being too slow. IMO.

[@adanalyst6925]

@@siniister710 I was thinking about those when I heard about the pitch clock

[@deadmeat_0152]

with the new rules, all i have to say is "Baseball is BACK baby!" I love the new rules

[@mazzith]

I liked the improved pace and the removing of the shift. They changed the game by lowering the mound back in the 1960s so it’s not unheard of to make a major change like this.

[@kenyattaclay7666]

I'm old school also & am only a couple of years younger than Rich. Here's the thing if anyone is truly old school baseball then these new rules actually make baseball old school again. Baseball is my favorite sport & the first sport that I began to follow. When I was 5 I got to stay up and watch Reggie Jackson hit three home runs in a world series game and still get to bet at a decent time. Having more balls in play will lead to things like moving runners over again and the art of bunting. These rules will also lead to more stolen bases & hopefully have guys like Rickey Henderson & Vince Coleman who I grew up watching stealing 50 to 100 plus bases a year. This is old school baseball.

[@tjayd1225]

I went to an Astros game Saturday & was so happy with how quickly it went. Didn’t feel like we were there all damn day

[@Tj11813]

That sucks. Did you go to the bathroom and miss half the game?

[@NothingToPointOut24]

@Maxtor Lol why is baseball the only sport where people use "a life" excuse. Yeah most of us have lives. Some of that life is spent going to a ball game. What exactly are you doing with that extra half hour?

[@theb3654]

The pace of game is so much better and the play has been more exciting. Also stolen bases are making a come back and I love that going to see a lot of small fast guys soon I think.

[@torenoleary8489]

Only change I would suggest would be to remove the pitch clock in the 9th inning. We have auto instant reply in the NFL under 2 MINS. I think for those crucial moments, it is okay to not have the pitch clock. But, otherwise, I enjoy it. Or more dramatically, no pitch clock in the playoffs. But I like the change

[@TheMhannah100]

I'm surprised. I agree it doesn't feel rushed and it's over 20 mins+ sooner.

[@ProfKisuto]

Literally every sport has a clock to keep pace of the game. It's kind of insane baseball didn't already lol.

[@adanalyst6925]

Even chess, the thinking game, has a clock

[@ProfKisuto]

@@adanalyst6925 hahahahaha

[@seaside18th]

Not showing the pitch clock is like hiding the medicine in your kids juicebox 😂. All of a sudden they love it

[@The_Real_Daniel]

Baseball one of the top do nothing sports out there and a bunch of people complaining they can't do nothing for longer. Glad they made the change

[@shibity]

"I like that the game was played the same way as it was when Grover Cleveland..." Except it wasn't being played that way, 100 years ago if a game went longer than 2 hours both teams had to provide a written report to the commissioner explaining what delays happened that caused the game to go so long.

[@johnwayne9828]

Musta been easy without those 5 minute commercial breaks in between every half inning.

[@Enfield14]

About time old man 😂

[@JayTeeAyy]

If Mark Buehrle was still playing he’d probably be saying “speed this thing up” 😂

[@senyah]

MLB players turned into divas and now people are mad they are limiting how much they can dig in the box and nervously adjust their gloves. none of that is necessary. baseball is always hesitant to make changes but you arent bringing in new fans and thats a big problem for a huge company. this is a step in the right direction.

[@jayjya0613]

and the catcher can also be ready (as in really sure the runner will go) after that 2nd attempt to first. So, it's not a clear advantage.

[@evanr7102]

At the yanks game tn, game went by beautifully, felt natural as well

[@HarryRoss99]

Everyone but the old heads think its a good move

[@Adam-vx6to]

It's so nice to have the pitch clock. I was surprised too, but it's so nice.

[@hickiwawa]

Re: WBC final at bat How about eliminating pitch clock post 8th inning?

[@jakesheldon7637]

Everybody who hated the rule changes is now changing their tune, everybody loves it all of a sudden 😂

[@solostrate1791]

I wanted to know your thoughts from the Mets game the other day, when the batter was assessed a strike because his fellow baserunner failed to return to 1st base in time.

[@SirVic42]

I was watching that game when it happened. Pete Alonso was walking very slowly back to first. Wouldn't be surprised if Buck had encouraged his players to try that, to give the batter just an extra bit of time. I guess the league was wise to this sort of back-door timeout, and it got swatted down instantly. Everyone needs to show a little bit of hustle now.

[@solostrate1791]

@SirVic42 my brain immediately went to Bull Durham... "You loggy gag your way to first....."

[@camreese]

If they have the pitch clock then they dont need the lame extra innings ghost runner. Times up for that childish rule

[@slothkng]

I hate the runner rule so much

[@johnwayne9828]

Didnt need the pitch click either. Players weren't the cause of longer games, commercial breaks in between every half inning were. People bitching about 3 hour games without realizing an hour of that is commercials.

[@adanalyst6925]

This is just a silly idea, but what if in extra innings, once you’re out, you’re out of the game…. So eventually you lose more and more players…

[@johnwayne9828]

@@adanalyst6925 yeah, that is a stupid idea.

[@stevenhempel2311]

Return the bases to their normal size. The 2 throw overs is enough to get the runners going. Rickey didn't have bigger bases he only had pitchers working faster these guys should too

[@taskdon769]

I remember the game back in 2015 when White Sox and Orioles played in an empty ballpark and the game was over in a hurry even with 10 runs scored, so the game can go faster.

[@brianc3761]

The YES broadcast went straight from the pitch speed to the pitch clock... since pitch count is so important, to essentially eliminate showing it is a bad idea. They need to do what Fox did, only show the pitch clock at 5 seconds, and show the pitch count before every pitch.

[@TheTEN24]

Told you this would happen it’s an awesome rule change

[@brianc3761]

No one cares about anything who roots for the Mets has to say.

[@Aaron-ed5xs]

With these rule changes working, I wonder if we can get some schedule double headers. Love those things. Spend 6+ hours at the ballpark watching 18 innings. LETS PLAY TWO!

[@snowhawk04]

Two weeks ago Eisen was ridiculing the pitch clock. This guy is ALWAYS flip flopping.

[@poocrafter2]

Better title: "Old man accepts reality"

[@johnwayne9828]

Reality?😂😂😂Doesnt your generation say men can get pregnant?

[@minuii]

Trans women with a dick...😂😂

[@integralmark]

better hitting beats defensive shifts, in the long term hitters who use the whole field would get rewarded, and what's wrong with that?

[@jonathan53356]

This is great. Games are taking way too long. I went to a Twins game once that started at 7:10 central and didn't get over till 12:30 central. It was a 9-inning game that just took forever. Tons of pick off attempts, batters taking over a min between each pitch and pitchers messing around with the ball. We left at 10, and 75% of the fans were gone. It was a stupid waste of time. New rules, so that doesn't happen again, are aces in my book

[@tdkb3395]

Rich eating his words baby 😂

[@JoseOrtiz-pp1vm]

not really mlb got to him .

[@cindyfagerstrom8825]

No shift and two throws to first will produce more base runners and steals. The game needed more action and to be played in a timely manner. Now let's see if Yankees - Red Sox can screw it up.

[@Lingboysc2]

I think they should suspend the pitch clock during HUGE games like the WBC finals and world series, just because it adds to the drama. Otherwise, I really like it.

[@Sunday_Swagger]

Still wish they would end the pitch clock after the 7th inning.

[@Tj11813]

I still can't stand it.

[@shackdaddy7106]

For those of you baseball traditionalists that are against the pitch clock, I would like to remind you that the pitch clock has changed the game so it’s played at the same pace. It was in the 1950s and 1960s. When baseball was a much better game to watch then it came to be prior to this year.

[@rickpiller9285]

If a player can strike out over a pitch clock violation in the regular season, then they can do that to lose the World Series. That would not be a good look.

[@dougsholly9323]

The bottom line is that they are adding time constraints to a game that was never designed to have them. Maybe the games are longer today because players are fidgeting around more, and why that is could be up for debate. But the cure is not to force them to play faster by giving them a time limit. Not only does that change the entire dynamic of the game, essentially fundamentally changing the game, but you also get players figuring out how to abuse the new rules to their advantage further morphing baseball. If making games end faster is your goal, congratulations, you win. I prefer to watch baseball played the way it's been played for the last 150 years instead of the mess I see now. Consider this, the purpose of these rules to hasten the game is to attract more viewers. The problem is that in order for that to be a success, not only does the rule have to attract a new viewer, but they also have to attract a second new viewer to replace me, because I find most of the new rules to be offensive.

[@giantsfan185]

So then leave and don't come back. Because if you think the way baseball has been played over the past two decades is the exact way its been played for 150 years you're nuts. The recent game, prior to the pitch clock, had been an abomination and was as far removed from traditional baseball as you can get.

[@dougsholly9323]

@@giantsfan185 Care to elaborate? Because I've watched baseball for 40 of those 150 years, and I saw no notable changes until the last 5. You are being willfully ignorant. As far as baseball is concerned, you are ok with replacing fans with new fans? Why is that? Wouldn't that be evidence that the game has now changed?

[@omieg89]

@@dougsholly9323 go look at game times for when Ruth, DiMaggio and Clemente played and they will not resemble the game times of the last 15 years.

[@dougsholly9323]

@@omieg89 I don't care about game times. Do they take into account commercial breaks? Even if they do, what does that matter? The game hasn't been fundamentally altered to make it slower. Yet they want to make it fundamentally different to speed it back up. It's the lazy solution. Why are they slower? Who cares... Just add a clock. It's terrible.

[@gwaptiva]

It feels rushed when someone like Yoshida hits his first homer, and by the time you've seen a replay and a bit of the celebration with this team mates, you've missed the first pitch of the next at bat. Surely we can improve that a little bit

[@omieg89]

I’m sure baseball will tinker with those things over the next few years until they perfect it.

[@JohnJakeWilliam]

*First game I personally attended was Al Kaline (Detroit) and George Brett in (Kansas City--1973/74).* My wife and I watched Nolan Ryan win his 300th game in the old county stadium in Milwaukee (1990). I AM SO HAPPY FOR THE PITICH CLOCK! I HAD BASICALLY GIVEN UP WATCHING THOSE PITCHERS AND BATTERS RUIN THE GAME WITH THEIR "SLOW WALKING".

[@natediggitydog8]

Totally disagree. “I don’t want to see the clock” is awful logic. Literally the ONLY major sport where the play clock isn’t visible. Get over it. It’s there. It’s causing violations. We the viewing audience need to see it every play!! ADDS to the fun doesn’t take away!!!

[@marksieber4626]

Now get rid of the umps calling balls and strikes. Just foul tips, balks, clock violations and plays at the plate.

[@lhfirex]

Probably happening in a year or two since they've already been trying the automated strike zone.

[@johnwayne9828]

And no pitchers or catchers. Just set up a tee and let them hit off that.

[@noelv1976]

Only downside from what I’ve seen, are fans at the game getting their money’s worth?

[@joeycameron4744]

that is one of my views....for me to travel to the stadium I'm looking at about 4-4.5 hours round trip. I'm not sure if that kind of travel time is worth it for a 2 hour game.

[@adanalyst6925]

Since so many people leave the games early, especially families I think it’s a net positive. But I think if you want the “day at the ballpark” experience, you could just go early and make sure you’re there for batting practice and everything.

[@NothingToPointOut24]

@@adanalyst6925 People leave early to beat traffic. That isnt going to change. So now if people leave after the 7th, they might be at the park for 2 hours.

[@omieg89]

@@NothingToPointOut24 if you’re trying to beat traffic then it’s safe to say you’re not a big fan of the sport and you’re lame and probably not going to many games anyways.

[@NothingToPointOut24]

@@omieg89 yet this is who the MLB is trying to cater to sooo yeah

[@ekerson]

The people who love the pitch clock never watched baseball in the past and still wont watch baseball. Those that hate it will eventually stop watching it. Baseball never needed it and does not need it.

[@giantsfan185]

I watched baseball for 35 years and I love the pitch clock 😁. It's a massive improvement and great for baseball.

[@omieg89]

I’m a die hard baseball fan and have loved having the clock. Low scoring pitcher duels shouldn’t take more than 3 hours.

[@MalikEKC]

LOVE the pitch clock. The modern game has become both overmanaged by non-player personal and too players have developed too many in game idiosyncrasies before they actually attempt to play the game.

[@nachobroryan8824]

I'm won over. Just got back from a game that had 11 runs and only took 2:24.

[@kcook8023]

Was at the game. This will definitely help fix it. No more lollygagging. Parking prices is ridiculous and beer is 14 bucks. Fries are 12. Baseball needs to make it cheaper if you want people to come. Plus BALLY sports is a joke

[@AJFar-tm7dn]

$14 for a Beer? That's criminal.

[@kcook8023]

@A.J. Far Dude!!! It was the same price as my ticket. And the beer was hot

[@mc76]

The duration of today's Cubs/Rangers game was 2:17.

[@investorbettor505]

I love the pitch clock but they should remove it or at least double it for the 9th inning. Treat the 9th similar to how NBA and NFL treat the last 2 minutes

[@DAK4Blizzard]

I think some adjustments around the edges can be done to help ensure a smooth 9th inning. For example, not penalizing runners for walking back to bases following foul balls. A review of the clock starting at 15 secs versus, say, 18 secs. And perhaps liberalizing the timing (does it need to be 8 secs?) and qualifications (is eye contact necessary?) for the batter to be considered pitch-ready. I'm sure MLB will review the data; just a question of when it does and who it involves to determine if any adjustments are warranted.

[@adanalyst6925]

@@DAK4Blizzard yeah I think they have to let players get used to it before making it potentially more complicated. In theory I’d be okay with longer times in 9th innings that are close or the playoffs, but I think that also might mess with the rhythm of the game

[@johnwayne9828]

​@@adanalyst6925 you're one of the people cheering the pitch clock. You have no say when it comes to "messing with the rhythm of the game".

[@Wild_Pennsylvania]

The NFL doesn't double the play clock in the last two minutes. There is a 2 minute warning and teams tend to use their timeouts more, but nothing about the clock changes at all.

[@nnjjee1]

The game is now more like it was in the past. Win win.

[@johnwayne9828]

No, it's not. The fact is the only reason games take so long is because of commercial breaks in between every half inning. Its not players taking too long, it's the extra hour plus of ads being run during the game.

[@adanalyst6925]

@@johnwayne9828 stats have definitely shown that players taking long time between pitches is a big reason for the time inflation

[@johnwayne9828]

@@adanalyst6925 what stats? You gonna claim stats back you up, leave a link. Whys it so hard for you people to grasp? Of course games took 2 hours back in the day when you didn't have an hour of commercials over the course of it.

[@davidaugustine3686]

The simple answer for WBC knockout stages and MLB playoffs is just to get rid of the pitch clock for big moments. Nobody gets bored watching those games anyway.

[@GC-yw1mn]

Get rid of it in the 9th. That’s part of the game deserves to be slow, like the last minutes of a basketball game.

[@PianoUniverse]

If you multiply the 30 minutes times the games in a season you lose 1215 hours. How much money in concessions will the owners lose in that time period. Just a thought.

[@SneakySodomiser]

How much will they gain from people actually coming to the game

[@adanalyst6925]

Don’t worry, if it was a big difference they wouldn’t have done it (they love money). I think the studies from the minors show that people tended to leave at the 7th inning anyway, so the shorter games made no difference in concessions sold.

[@PianoUniverse]

@@SneakySodomiser I dont think much. Who says, oh I'll go to a game, its 30 minutes shorter.

[@SneakySodomiser]

@@PianoUniverse couldn't tell you, I live in Australia and all I know is more people go to watch 20 over cricket instead of 5 day long test matches

[@omieg89]

@@PianoUniverse it’s not that people want to go to a shorter game but people want to go to a more exciting game.

[@Rylopero]

Rich Eisen loves talking about the Angels when something bad happens, but when they win 3 straight with a 26-4 run differential, no one wants to say anything 😞

[@JCic22]

I think the rule is the batter gets a strike not that the runner gets awarded second base.

[@PaulMcElligott]

Which rule? If you’re talking about the third pickoff throw, they were correct. If the runner isn’t out, he advances one base.

[@EricForReal]

Anybody know who’s in Rich’s poker circle?

[@johnwayne9828]

I'm gonna assume rob manfred.

[@dcard228]

The game should be rushed. There's only 27 outs per side and there has been since forever. There's no excuse for a game to take upwards of 4 hours when 20 years ago it only took 2 hours.

[@mafia_dave32]

Get them in , get their money and get them out .sounds like Vegas

[@disneyforthewin]

Stolen bases will be a problem......from historic lows in sbs to many many with 40+

[@johnwayne9828]

That's what this is about....inflating offense.

[@jkaise42]

That ohtani trout ab took an hour it was terrible

[@duderdude4831]

Funny how things get complained about that are nothing burgers

[@redfive5856]

Why do people think a baseball game is too long at 3 hours? An NFL game takes 3 hours and it's under a 60 minute clock. Don't say there's more/constant action in the NFL. TV broadcasts distract you from the lack of action.

[@davidaugustine3686]

Obviously because there's 162 games in a baseball season. Any committed NFL fan can catch at least 90% of their team's games, no problem. By contrast, if you do that with baseball, you HAVE a problem.

[@StripedBass-vq6vz]

If this doesn’t convince you of Lamar’s worth idk what will 🤷‍♂️

[@chavruta2000]

barely enough time to spit now.

[@Mu3az523]

I like the fact that baseball has no time out. This makes the only way to win is to fight , not wasting the time

[@adanalyst6925]

Nice pfp. And I like how the pitch clock makes people step in and face each other, instead of avoiding each other.

[@siniister710]

baseball is good again confirmed

[@brianmalaquias9425]

I hate it.

[@carly7705]

Eisen a meat ring

[@themaestro3034]

I was seriously worried the clock would screw with the spirit of the game… the palatable anticipation and suspense that makes baseball great. It seems to be more of a head game for pitchers than batters and while making for a faster game it also seems to be making for more hitting in a game, too.

[@nategardoski]

Forget that the clock is trash

[@eleiaandsteven]

Baseball hasn't been entertaining since the 90s.

[@bmla88]

But Rich, what about when the yankees or red sox lose a game because of a violation? You whined about that for weeks

[@stephensilke6752]

I don't like the fake balls and strikes. I don't like robot balls and strikes which might be coming. Surely we're smart enough to do this in a different manner?

[@Perks5]

It’s making good pitchers suck rn tho

[@NothingToPointOut24]

Wait til the injuries come too because the mechanics are being thrown off. Obv no one will be able to prove the pitch clock was the problem but I guarantee it will happen to a few guys this season.

[@giantsfan185]

​@@NothingToPointOut24 no it won't, stop it.

[@NothingToPointOut24]

@@giantsfan185 Well I guess that settles it lol

[@mikeh2650]

They should make it 25 seconds, I think 15 is too short plus you could have more injuries having the pitcher constantly have to keep moving and moving like that

[@DougWilliams06]

They need to turn it off for the 8th and 9th inning during the playoffs.

[@bemhibbits4157]

Hey fellow baseball fans!!

[@josephramone5805]

Leave BEISBOL ALONE!!

[@bulldawgsgaming887]

well it didn't change my mind . just gives umps more control to change outcomes

[@rsybing]

You're in a shrinking minority.

[@duhasstmich230]

Baseball is falling off because its not fun to watch. It's not exciting. They are trying to make more points scored by hurrying the pitchers essentially making it more exciting but its still baseball the only thing they did was make the games not an entire day event. Lol

[@draneym2003]

The real question is how Ohtani feels. Because that's apparently the only thing that matters now.

[@rogerweir1772]

Now if they could just limit the number of relief pitchers used per game I'm sure that would help as well....What happened to the good old fashioned starting pitchers who finished what he started?

[@johnwayne9828]

They starting paying them 30 to 40 million, that's what happened. Doesnt take a rocket scientist to figure that out. Teams arent gonna ride that kind if investment into the ground.

[@chazm3]

MLB did already limit relief pitching recently. The relief pitcher has to face a certain minimum number of batters now.

[@rogerweir1772]

@@chazm3 That's not limiting...Limit in terms of how many pitchers can pitch in a game!

[@johnwayne9828]

@@rogerweir1772 why? If you're pitchers getting lit up, managers should be able to access their bullpen. Sorry, your ideas stupid.

[@spencerdouglas9]

Congratulations, you cut 30 minutes from a game that lasted 3 and half hours

[@johnwayne9828]

Still get over an hour of commercials though.

[@brettlawlor8921]

Pace isn't speed, it's the appearance of speed. No one in favor of this pitch clock crap wanted a game "more exciting" than the true three outcomes. They wanted a game over a half-hour earlier just for the sake of it being short, simply because they don't actually have 5 minutes of patience for the sport of baseball let alone 30. Real fans don't care how long the game takes. They actually want to be at the ballpark. Congratulations, posers, you got your way. If you're reading this, you likely missed the game. Blink and it's over.

[@omieg89]

The games have been awesome this season. Constant action.

[@brettlawlor8921]

@@omieg89 You can have constant action without rushing it.

[@andrewbarratt7736]

Here is a crazy realization… US sports are the only sports that have time outs. Y’all’s sports last forever. You gotta build in time for y’all’s lazy asses to get your third portion of nachos. Rugby. 40mins a half, done and dusted. Soccer. 45 mins a half, stoppage time, done and dusted.

[@camerondavis8356]

I hate the pitch clock. Baseball used to be relaxing

[@Paul_Sleeping]

It was so relaxing I was sleeping most of the time. By the 3rd inning, I’m out cold. What a waste of time.

[@bemhibbits4157]

There's still golf

[@ohiopigeon]

baseball is ruined, there will be no more dramatic moments only clock obsession

[@johnwayne9828]

Unfortunately these younger fans have the attention spans of gnats so the game now has to be rushed. What's sad is these idiots think the game will take less time, yet theres still gonna be 3 to 5 minute commercial breaks in between every half inning. Rob Manfred has finally destroyed the game.

[@tdfowler79]

Players will adjust to it. They are already starting to.

[@ohiopigeon]

@@tdfowler79 Yeah huh who cares? We're the ones watching it. Baseball used to be unique with no clock, now they made umps clock Nazi enforcers.