Major League Baseball is concerned with the time it takes to play games, believing that the sport is suffering because games take nearly three hours (on average) to play. For the last four or five years, the league has attempted to address the issue, going so far as to implement measures designed to pick up the pace of the game, including reducing time between pitches and the hitter’s ability to step out of the batter’s box.
But apparently, umpire Joe West doesn’t think the Red Sox or Yankees care to cooperate.
West, who served as the crew chief of the Sox-Yankees series this week, was queried the other night after home plate umpire Angel Hernandez denied a batter’s request for a timeout on three separate occasions. He lit into the players on both clubs.
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Article written by Jeffrey Brown
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