For those who partook in baseball opening week, the experience must have been exhilarating. The new pitch clock cast a glow over the games, but not in an intrusive way. In fact, there were very few violations of the pitch clock during the first week. On opening day, only Marcus Stroman of the Chicago Cubs had a ball added to the hitter’s count as a penalty for going over the fifteen-second time limit. All thirty teams played on opening day, and the average time for the fifteen games was two hours and forty-five minutes. Two Hours Forty-Five Minutes! Let that sink in.
As with all averages, some
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