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The pitch clock is one of the new rules designed to speed pace of play.

Ukraine: Zelenskyy seeks more sanctions, fighting grinds on

Ukraine: Zelenskyy seeks more sanctions, fighting grinds on

Ukraine: Zelenskyy seeks more sanctions, fighting grinds on

The Sox were in a bases-loaded jam in the bottom of the ninth with a full count. But one of baseball's new rules caught a Braves player by surprise.

The first day of the rest of Major League Baseball history arrived Saturday in Florida and Arizona, where all 30 teams played spring training games with the newly implemented pitch clock serving as a metronome, one that MLB officials hope will liven the games rhythms and broaden its appeal.

Ukraine: Zelenskyy seeks more sanctions, fighting grinds on

Saturday’s spring training game between Boston and Atlanta ends in a tie thanks to new pitch clock rules

Ukraine: Zelenskyy seeks more sanctions, fighting grinds on

Baseballs new rules designed to improve pace of play are coming fast at everyone, particularly the players. The most dramatic moment of the new pitch clock era arrived on the first full day of spring games. Cal Conley of the Atlanta Braves thought he had won the game with a two-out, bases-loaded walk-off walk. He took a few steps toward first base with bat in hand when umpire John Libka indicated strike three. Conley wasn’t set in the box as the clock wound under eight seconds. The penalty is ...