Baseball Chat

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The union sees the clock as a bogeyman. The commissioner’s office sees their complaint as a straw man. For coaches like Blake, who must navigate the season as injuries continue, the clock is only part of the problem, along with the perilous chase of velocity and spin.

“I don’t think any of them are the most responsible,” Blake said. “But the cocktail of them all is hard to get by.”

They could start by losing the spin rate stat.