Instant replay may slow the game down some but here’s a few ways to make up the time and improve the game.
Pitchers only have a set amount of time to pitch the ball once they receive it (maybe five to eight seconds?). The catcher can only go out and talk to the pitcher two or three times an inning. The pitcher can only throw to a base to pick off a runner three times.
Batters can only step out of the box three times in one time up and they may only stay out five seconds. They only get three foul balls after two strikes and then they’re outta there.
And by the way, when the commentators talk about instant replay they always say not on balls and strikes because that would take too long. But why not just use those machines they use to show us whether the ump was right or not?! Why rely not only on human error but human bias based on seniority and other ridiculous things? And while we’re improving things, let’s eliminate the intentional walk by allowing the manager to use a pinch “walker” and leave the same batter up. We fans aren’t paying to see the best hitter walked.
Maybe we could even reduce extra inning games! For each extra inning let’s subtract a base needed to “score.” We could go for home in the 10th, but reaching third base could be a score in the 11th, second in the 12th, and so on. Or we could just add up the bases reached in that inning and that would be your score.
Yeah baby, there’s a lot to like about baseball but let’s get creative and make it a more exciting game!