Nothing Statistical about this one

The SEC has made a change in rules to their tournament at the end of the year that there now a 20 second clock between pitches and a 90 second clock between innings.  First off, I do not understand the entirety of the rule, I just know that overall pitchers and batters have less time between pitches and innings.  I think if the pitcher takes to long he gets assessed a ball, and if the hitter isn't in the box by a certain time he gets a strike.

I consider myself a traditionalist when it comes to baseball.  I have never liked the American League because of the designated hitter and I feel college baseball is done a disservice by using aluminum bats.   That said, I really dislike this rule.  When I think of watching a game on t.v. or in person I love to see the battle within the battle.  One of those is the mental battle between hitter and pitcher.  This will change that.  Now it adds a whole new angle of time into the equation that I honestly dislike.  

The greatest part about baseball is there is no time, it is one of the few things that separates it from most sports.  If one wants a fast paced game then switch the channel, I feel a true baseball fan wouldn't care how long it took.  There is this nice, almost southerly, ebb and flow to baseball that one cannot get from watching basketball or football. Especially today in this fast paced world where we can gain any information instantaneously on our cell phones it is nice to be given this moment of suspense that the pitcher holds in his hand.

I envision a time clock behind home plate ticking away between each strike or ball and out or the hitter getting on base.  This is ridiculous.  This is not what baseball was about.   A perfect example why I do not like this is going from NCAA basketball to NBA basketball.   College basketball has a longer shot clock, 35 seconds, and therefor each play has more time to develop and there is more of a dance that occurs with the players on the offense.  NBA is more one and done when it comes to each possession with its 24 second clock.   Yes, you get higher scoring games, due to a longer game and shorter clock, but you also take away a huge part of the game.   

I know my little blog that no one reads will not change anything, but I just feel like I needed to get this off of my chest.  If you want a shorter game then start watching a different game.  Baseball was not meant to be played between time, it was meant to have its own time.