20 Second Rule in NCAA Tourney

I don't see how this would be a mess. I myself have never seen a team take more time than they should, 90 seconds is more than enough time for a well disciplined and well oiled team to be in the field and the pitcher warmed up.

If more pitchers worked by the 20 second rule they probably would be more successful. The object is to throw the ball, get it back and throw it again. Repeat. Nothing more annoying than watching a pitcher circle the mound, do another little dance and take his time with no one on base, the same way a hitter has to get out of the box, fix his gloves, stroke his bat, get back in the box, call another time out and then make adjustments to his lower half!


JMO

Most of the problems with the pitcher throwing the ball in more than 20 seconds have to do with the coaches calling the game. I've always had a problem with this. A good catcher can read tendencies behind the hitter, much better then some coach sitting on a bucket, 50 or 60 feet away and off to the side. this is especially true on the college level. IMHO the need for a clock would be eliminated if the catcher would just call the game.

I'm sure the concessions stands will love that 90 second rule!

I don't understand the handwringing. MiLB hasn't suffered from increased enforcement of timing rules.

The boys team has been practicing with 30 sec to the plate once the rubber has been toed and 90 sec to reach your position between innings. His only complaint has been that he feels essentialy 60 sec to warm up between innings is insufficient.

Last year a typical scenario between pitches on opposing teams went like this. The pitcher would peer into the dugout for what seemed like an eternity, nod, look towards the catcher for another series of signs. nod,set. Batter steps out of the box, repeat

When I umpire Little League games, I threaten them that the ball is going in play 60 seconds after the third out, so get out there and get ready. In actuality I've never had to enforce my threat, but typically they're ready in 60-70 seconds. In doing P.A. work for high school games, the music program shows the elapsed time from when it starts (at the time of the third out), and I've had many occasions where the teams are ready for the next pitch in 60-65 seconds.

90 seconds should be no big deal, unless you have "lolly-gagers" (per the movie "Major League").

I'm not so much concerned about the rule in principle. Yes, something needed to be done to keep the games moving. I'm concerned about the implementation, interpretation and other factors. I'd like to see a batters box rule that would be a part of this. I think the NCAA is addressing one part of the problem. The biggest problem IMHO is the hitters and their wandering feet out of the box. I did not see anything mentioned about the hitter in this rule addition.

90 seconds is more than enough time to warmup between innings.

The first thing my son learned from the college coach was "My guys work fast." It keeps the defense on their toes, moves the game along and get the batters in the dugout sipping Gatorade, eating seeds and back to the plate faster, where they really want to be.

It's too bad the NCAA has to legistlate good coaching. Maybe it will end the occasional 4 corner stall defense on Sunday games with a time limit.