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4 storylines to watch for Major League Baseball's opening day

How many home runs will Aaron Judge hit? Will the San Diego Padres finally get their first World Series title? And how will a suite of rule changes affect the game?

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MLB may finally have a popular rule change with its new pitch clock

Baseball games are getting shorter as pitchers and batters are forced to hurry up play. It may help bring in the younger fans the game craves

The Guardian - US

Ron Cook: MLB's changes have already made the game better

PITTSBURGH — MLB just can't win. A lot of younger fans complained about the slow pace of games and said they lasted too long. MLB responded by putting in a pitch clock this spring to speed things up. Now, older fans are saying they hate the changes and that they…

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Tim Cowlishaw: With pitch clocks here to stay, Rangers must embrace MLB’s new, fast-paced game

GOODYEAR, Ariz. — The pitch clock has arrived in Major League Baseball. It’s here to stay, and that’s a wonderful thing, no matter how loudly people howl on Twitter or anyplace else about the end of Saturday’s Braves-Red Sox game in Florida.

Tribune News Service

How a new MLB rule could change baseball games this season

A pitch clock will give pitchers 20 seconds or less to throw the ball, and hitters have to be in the batter's box when the timer hits 8 seconds. It already cost one team a game in spring training.

WEKU

Braves fall victim to pitch clock as charged strike ends spring game vs. Red Sox

NORTH PORT, Fla. — On the final pitch of the Braves’ Grapefruit League opener versus the Red Sox, the Braves fell victim to the new pitch timer.

Tribune News Service

Red Sox-Braves Game Ends on Pitch Clock Violation Strikeout

Atlanta second baseman Cal Conley became an unwitting cautionary tale.

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Braves-Red Sox game ended on a tie after a pitch clock violation struck out an Atlanta shortstop

The pitch clock has struck again.

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