Chains are illegal in all levels below college technically. Some umps enforce it and some do not. There are only a few players in the game that ACTUALLY slow the pace of play down enough to matter between pitches and it is typically counteracted by pitchers who take less than average time between pitches. Surely it cant be that big of a deal whether or not someones cap bill is straight of curved...

Shortening the game is all well and good but if you shorten the game you always take away the essence of baseball.

When the game gets shortened it decreases the number of pitches thrown in a game. If you reduce number of pitches you allow for a single pitcher to dominate a game which in turn takes away a lot of those chances for late inning comebacks and lessening the value of a complete game being thrown by a single pitcher. This in turn waters down how good guys like Nolan Ryan and Sandy Koufax really were (for all you traditionalist out there).

You also take the role of relief pitcher/ pinch hitter/ defensive replacements out of the game entirely. Now less kids can play in the game and we all know that NO parent will stand for their baby not making the team.

Over time the game of baseball loses more and more kids to Lacrosse and Commie ball ( soccer ) because more kids get a chance to play and Americas pass time becomes extinct.

Its an endless paradox of mayhem that would change the game in more ways than just Time!!

I say NAY !!!

Unfortunately, some people lose their sh*t about this and wearing it backwards as if it's some kind of lost moral compass sending baby seals to their deaths and creating a fissure in the world order.

Ain't that big of a deal.

I'm watching the US Open and Jimmy Walker is teeing off. He's wearing a flat-brim cap.

HOW DARE HE BESMIRCH THE SANCTITY OF THE LEGACY OF GOLF!!!

He'd only do that if he wore said hat backwards...

Not to mention that a football game only has about 10 min of actual live ball play time.

Yeah, but football's better. Twenty more minutes is fine.

Besides the fact that it's infinitely more interesting to watch than baseball, college football's time includes a 20 minute halftime.

College football used not to take nearly as long, until they changed the clock rules back in 2007-ish. Ironically, it was said that the new clock rules (40 second clock instead of 25) were put into place to shorten the length of games. Unbeknownst to many, Mike Belotti was the chariman of the rules committee, and he had just hired Chip Kelly as his offensive coordinator to take full advantage of that new clock rule. Needless to say, games are even longer today than they were pre-2007.

More time to drink beer and for auburn to choke away a game.

I cannot wait for football season to start and 257 to start in on here with his comments on Gus. I'll give 257 this. He is a true AU fan and must really love the school to still be able to watch them play every weekend with Gus calling the shots. He's got my respect for certainly not being a fair weather fan.