Over the Hedge by T Lewis and Michael Fry for June 08, 2014
June 07, 2014
June 09, 2014
Transcript:
verne: They're talking abut cutting baseball games to 7 innings! RJ: because 7 innings of watching the grass grow is so much more fun than 9 innings of watching the grass grow. verne: you can't mess with america's pastime! Rj: you want to speed up baseball?...here's how... rj: 30-second clock between pitches. verne: wow. that's actually a good idea. and make the pitcher's mound out of quicksand...wait..what? ...mine the outfield. that's ridiculous....and finally...put an alligator moat around home plate. verne: hold it...how is that going to speed up the game? Rj: by making sure they never start.
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phineas81707 almost 10 years ago
Can’t fault RJ here… you try not standing on that moat there while batting.
willkepley almost 10 years ago
@George Tirebiter: great idea! I’d watch that!
Guilty Bystander almost 10 years ago
There actually IS a 30-second clock used at the National Baseball Congress World Series in Wichita. It’s right next to the scoreboard and starts counting down when the catcher makes his return throw to the pitcher. I called some games from the NBC on radio a few years ago and don’t remember any 30-second violations (which I think results in the batter getting a ball added to the count). Then again, I recall the clock didn’t always start right away either.
HMunster almost 10 years ago
Homer Simpson agrees with you, RJ.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwGybS6TWEM&feature=kp
sbchamp almost 10 years ago
Ain’t no grass in the TropMaybe that’s the problem…
nosirrom almost 10 years ago
Rollerball
vwdualnomand almost 10 years ago
baseball is stupid. many teams can’t make the post season by june (like the cubs). it waste so much time. it is worse than golf. the players are on drugs. the fans are drunks. plus, the business of baseball is blackmail and taxpayers paying for the stadium that the team will leave in year 4 of the 30 year bond.
lady lar almost 10 years ago
Baseball should stop after high school. It should strictly be a “locals for locals” sport. Once you don’t know the players, it holds zero interest to 98% of the population. And the 2% seem mostly lazy and drunk. Totally a worthless “sport”.
Bosn_c_otter almost 10 years ago
wow, an entire gaggle of Baseball haters. You know there is a remote, you don’t have to watch, and me and Vern will enjoy the sport that has been around for over 100 years.
Daeder almost 10 years ago
With only 7 innings, you could have a 5th inning stretch!
jbenzver5 almost 10 years ago
Never mind baseball…how ’bout they speed up basketball. You could just give both sides a hundred points and lettem play for 3 minutes.
Archistoteles 3 months ago
They introduced the 30 second rule and it seems to work, after initial complaints.