PhotoMajor League Baseball and the players’ union on Thursday announced a package of changes to the rules to speed up the game. So no more of this:Baseball also responded to complaints about the speed of the replay system with several changes. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyIn other changes unrelated to game speed, teams will no longer be allowed to place any sort of markers on the field to help with defensive alignment. Baseball must get union approval for rule changes, and the players’ union signed off on these. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyCommercial time between innings will also remain the same, as expected.

Source: New York Times March 02, 2017 17:36 UTC