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Originally Posted by jerrys
An average baseball game lasts about three hours - too slow - too much dead time. Batters "take" too many pitches - seems that every other guy gets to 3 and 2 before getting on base or making an out.
Suggestions:
Batter gets 3 balls - 2 strikes.
Umpire controlled time on pitches. Overtime adds a "ball" to batter's count.
No exiting from batter's box (emergency only) - step out adds a "strike" to batter's count.
Limit warm up pitches.
Eliminate 7th inning stretch.
Limited mount conferences.
Limit replays.
Extreme - game with less innings. Perhaps 7 inning games as in softball.
More extreme - less time between innings. (commercial time)
Other ways to speed up the game?
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“mount conferences” is open to interpretation. Back in the day I would have strongly opposed their limitation.  
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