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Pace of play crawling at PGA; Scottie Scheffler points to ‘absurd’ pinsNEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. -- Justin Thomas, Keegan Bradley and Cameron Young were put on the clock early in their second round at the PGA Championship, and they didn't understand why they were singled out.,They were far from the only ones whose round was dragging. As Thomas argued, they weren't holding up...

Jay Monahan discusses 'ebbs and flows' of PGA-LIV talks, pace of playCommissioner Jay Monahan insisted on Tuesday that progress is being made in the PGA Tour's communications with the upstart LIV circuit. It just comes with "ebbs and flows," he said.,Monahan also was quick to praise President Trump for his involvement as a facilitator in the negotiations. Trump has h...

LPGA to penalize players with fines, strokes under new pace of play policyThe Ladies Professional Golf Association is implementing a policy to regulate the pace of play, putting it into effect this spring.,The policy lowers the timing threshold for stoke penalties, among the changes. It will apply to both the LPGA and the Epson Tour.,"The LPGA conducted a thorough review ...

It's Day 2 of spring training games and the pitch clock is already wreaking havoc

The new rules set for the upcoming MLB season are sure to change baseball forever, and the most impactful change will undoubtedly be the introduction of the pitch clock. Twenty seconds maximum between each pitch. Games are flying by, and with pace-of-play being an enormous talking point surrounding ...

Rob Manfred is a weasel, part 708

I know that commissioners of every sport stopped being stewards of their sport and merely stooges for the owners long ago. Probably about the time MLB fired Fay Vincent to install one of its own, Bud Selig, and his dinosaur hands, windsock morality, and peabrain....

Oh God, MLB Is Really Going Through With That Stupid Pitch Clock Idea

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred’s hell-bent charge to turn every professional baseball game into a six-second Vine marches on as the league plans on having a 20-second pitch clock for upcoming spring training games this year, per an MLB press release. As if that weren’t annoying enough, ESPN’s Jeff Pas...

MLB Is Going To New Lengths To Stop Camera-Aided Sign Stealing

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred has apparently found another aspect of baseball that needs fixing. According to a report by Sports Illustrated’s Tom Verducci, the league is incorporating a bunch of new bylaws that will snuff out hi-tech sign stealing like the Houston Astros used during last season’s pl...

Hey, Quick Pitches Sure Seem To Speed Up The Pace Of Play

In the top of the ninth inning of a lopsided Pirates victory over the vile St. Louis Cardinals Friday, Pirates reliever Kyle Crick quick-pitched Cardinals pinch hitter Harrison Bader on an 0-2 count, drawing a delightfully meager and pointless little swinging bunt from Bader:...