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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 game's rhythms and broaden its appeal.
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Baseball's 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 an automatic strike. Conley apparently thought he had been awarded ball four.