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Monday, March 08, 2010
Rules Changes panel
Some notes:
“Would I like it for everything? Sure,” Palermo says. “But at some point, you’ve got to cut it off. If you don’t, you’re going to put these guys out of game. You’re going to have robots umpiring the game.”
That’s bullsh!t. The NHL reviews every single goal, controversial or not. They have TWO referees on the ice, not one like they always have had. The NHL has created a great system, one that keeps the “human element” (whatever that means).
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As for speed of play, I would bet that it’s the between-inning time. Can one of your Gamedayers run this for me:
- time between pitches (same batter, and whether bases are empty or not)
- time from end-of-PA to start-of-next-PA, same half-inning (broken down by event, meaning 1B, 2B, BB, K, HR, and whether bases are empty or not)
- time between half-innings
- time between change in pitcher, same half-inning
Data is what we need to discuss this. I’m going to guess that there’s an extra minute between each half-inning (17 minutes) that can be chopped off by having 17 fewer minutes of commercials. But, the owners and players are NOT going to bring that up. Oh no. They want to reduce the actual playing time, but not the commercial time!
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