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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
I'd actually be just fine with one pitching change an inning. I think that's a good idea. Though I'm sure NL honks would claim it takes the strategy out of the game... and then go masturbate to a montage of the best sac bunts of Tom Glavine's career.
Ultimately, I think deadening the ball would be the biggest helpful factor. Games would move faster. Fewer walks. More strikes thrown. Faster-paced games.
But it would depress offense, which probably is a bigger net loss in terms of fan appeal than speeding up the game.
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Wouldn't lessening pitching changes raise offensive outputs? Since you can't do a bunch of matchup based pitching changes and also because you're stuck with the 2nd pitcher even if he's giving up a lot of hits.