Baseball

Shorter games, more running, more action. Two years in, MLB's rule changes have provided a jolt

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Two years ago, it looked as if Major League Baseball was having an existential crisis. To many inside the game, it certainly felt like one as a sport built on its timelessness careened toward a future hellbent on speeding things up.

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Shorter games, more running, more action. Two years in, MLB's rule changes have provided a jolt

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Two years ago, it looked as if Major League Baseball was having an existential crisis. To many inside the game, it certainly felt like one as a sport built on its timelessness careened toward a future hellbent on speeding things up.

Sep 26, 2024 4:02 AM Read more >

MLB's made a lot of rule changes over the past few years. The most noticeable? A pitch clock

PHOENIX (AP) — Major League Baseball's rule-change bonanza of 2023 altered a myriad of the game's details, including cutting back extreme infield shifts, bigger bases and limits on how many times a pitcher can disengage from the rubber.

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Faster-paced MLB games being embraced by fans and players, no longer 'too much of a time commitment'

CHICAGO (AP) — On a cloudy, breezy day in September, Tate Conrad and his son, Miles, settled into their seats behind the home dugout at Wrigley Field.

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Nationals aim to break 3-game slide, take on the Royals

Kansas City Royals (84-74, third in the AL Central) vs. Washington Nationals (69-89, fourth in the NL East) Washington; Thursday, 1:05 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Michael Wacha (13-8, 3.28 ERA, 1.