That's an interesting article, Jim, thanks.
The conclusion that 20 seconds didn't help is the reason for decreasing the clock to 14 seconds bases empty and 17 seconds with men on.
While the time decrease may not be significant there, it does reduce the recovery time between pitches resulting in pitchers not using max effort on every pitch and pitching to contact more, resulting in shorter at-bats and more action.
If they'd get rid of batter walk-up music, they could shorten that 1 minute lag between batters -- further reducing recovery time and keeping some rhythm.
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