MLB is killing itself.

We found a video replay of the last inning of the 1968 WS recently. I think it took a TOTAL of about 6 minutes to play. Nobody stepped out of the box. Batters were swinging at the first pitch in a lot of AB's. Pitchers got the ball, looked at the sign from the catcher and threw it. No shaking off, no trips to the mound, no walking around muttering to yourself. I almost missed the commercial break it was so brief.

Most of us grew up in a time where the games were 2:00 - 2:20. I'm a big fan and even I have trouble with the 4 hour marathons we routinely see today.

Not as interested in the pitch clock, but cutting just one minute of advertising per half inning break could cut each game time down by 20 minutes. A 90 second half inning break is enough time to throw warm up pitches and get ready for the next inning.

This would work if players and owners all agree to a pay cut.

There should be no warm up pitches when changing pitchers in middle of an inning.
No other sport stops the game to allow players entering a game time to warm up.

Not as interested in the pitch clock, but cutting just one minute of advertising per half inning break could cut each game time down by 20 minutes. A 90 second half inning break is enough time to throw warm up pitches and get ready for the next inning.

This would work if players and owners all agree to a pay cut.

Just raise the price on the remaining commercials to get the same revenue. If advertisers won't pay the increased rate, then you know in what direction your sport is going.

Not as interested in the pitch clock, but cutting just one minute of advertising per half inning break could cut each game time down by 20 minutes. A 90 second half inning break is enough time to throw warm up pitches and get ready for the next inning.

This would work if players and owners all agree to a pay cut.

There are many creative ways to get advertising in during the broadcast.

Soon MLB uniforms will look like the Euro Soccer jerseys. They could also trim the lengths of the commercials, since we are becoming a 10 second sound bite society.

Not as interested in the pitch clock, but cutting just one minute of advertising per half inning break could cut each game time down by 20 minutes. A 90 second half inning break is enough time to throw warm up pitches and get ready for the next inning.

This would work if players and owners all agree to a pay cut.

There are many creative ways to get advertising in during the broadcast.

They could take a queue from what I've seen a few times in other sports, I'll try to explain succinctly.

When there's a break in the action, go to split screen and show a 15 second commercial. A perfect example would be after an out as the fielders reset, as the new batter heads into the box. With 60 secs between innings and this in place, revenue would actually increase?

Also, it would give us more Flo and less Joe Buck.

When there's a break in the action, go to split screen and show a 15 second commercial. A perfect example would be after an out as the fielders reset, as the new batter heads into the box. With 60 secs between innings and this in place, revenue would actually increase?

Exactly. They even did some short 5-7 second ads during breaks in the action during the playoffs. I would bet there are 80-90 minutes of commercials in an average baseball game. If you want to "speed up the game,' there's where you can do it.