Tag: time of game
Below the Box Score, Week of 6/25/17: 7 AL Ejections, 4 by White Sox!
The ejection race between the two leagues had gotten close last week, but this week the defending champion American League ran away with an 7-2 week on the back of four Chicago White Sox ejections on the week. Overall, ejections had a great week with Milwaukee having a bench player ejected in the top of…
Below the Box Score, Week of 6/19/17: More 40,000+ Games Than <20000!
After a week off, this week gets back to setting a couple of new records on the season. The Rays and A’s were both on the road this week which meant overall attendance looked pretty good. Only the White Sox, Pirates, Twins, Padres, Phillies, and Marlins drew fewer than 20,000 in a single game last…
Below the Box Score, Week of 6/12/17: A New Lowest Attendance of the Season
After a week off, this week gets back to setting a couple of new records on the season. First off, the Rays had only 8,971 show up to a game this week, which is the first sub-9,000 attended game of the season and the lowest since the Indians drew 8,766 on May 4th of 2016.…
Below the Box Score, Week of 5/21/2017: Ejections Aplenty!
With ten ejections last week, we have had our busiest week of the season for the umpires here in Below the Box Score. Capped off with two bench clearing brawls (Dodgers-Marlins and Yankees-Rays) that had three ejections apiece. The AL and NL split the ejections 5-5, keeping the AL in the lead on the…
Below the Box Score, Week of 4/30/17: Yankees-Red Sox Fastest Game of the Week?
Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but a Red Sox-Yankees game was at the center of the time of game discussion this week. The only difference is that this time, the game went 2:21 instead of 4+ hours as usual. Rob Manfred may or may not have been seen laughing maniacally in his office…
AL Runs Away With Ejections Again, Rays Have 7 of 8 Lowest Attended Games – BtBS, Week of 8/8
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It took twelve weeks for the National League to catch up to the American League in ejections, and only one for the American League to run away with the lead again. Last week, the AL had eight ejections to the NL’s zero, widening the gap to 68-60 in ejections between the two leagues. The Indians…
MLB Pace of Play Proposals Won’t Save Any Time
A few days ago, reports appeared which indicated that Major League Baseball’s competition committee had agreed to two key changes under the guise of “speeding up the game.” Intentional walks will not need to be pitched, the pitcher can indicate that he wants to walk the batter, and the batter will be immediately granted first base.…