During five exhibition contests played in Arizona and Florida; baseball introduces its new pace of play initiatives designed to make the games shorter in duration. The new rules, which includes having batters keeping one foot in the batter’s box after taking a pitch, and the use of a clock to make innings start more punctually, will be slowly introduced before penalties for the players are implemented.

On March 3, 2015 — During five exhibition contests played in Arizona and Florida; baseball introduces its new pace of play initiatives designed to make the games shorter in duration. The new rules, which includes having batters keeping one foot in the batter’s box after taking a pitch, and the use of a clock to make innings start more punctually, will be slowly introduced before penalties for the players are implemented.

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