The pace-of-play argument is back in the news after ESPN.com's Rick Reilly wrote a column Tuesday about a boring Reds-Giants game.
By his admission, it's not an original thought. And in typical Reilly fashion, he piles it on.
But this column wasn't about how the game doesn't fit our hectic lifestyles anymore. He didn't opine about the game itself -- just the fact that baseball addressed this a couple of years ago and doesn't enforce its own rules.
Commissioner Bud Selig supposedly gave umpires the power to keep hitters in the batter's box between pitches. When's the last time you saw that actually happen?
Baseball is the only major sport without a clock, and that makes it special. There's no need for a massive rules change. But it can't happen instantly. This offseason, Selig's Special Committee for On-Field Matters should direct umpires to keep the games moving, and be able to penalize players who blatantly step out of the box after every pitch.
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