mike schmidtīut they’ll now be several inches wider, longer. You won’t be able to notice it with your eye - michael barbaro The players will be positioned differently on the field. Kind of a shot clock, sort of - yeah a shot clock. Well, the first one that you’ll see is a pitch clock. Just give me a couple tastes of this change. This season, baseball will operate under new rules that are the biggest changes in on-the-field play certainly in my lifetime, if not the history of the game. And the reason we asked you to come back is because baseball is now experiencing another major change. And then you would later grow up to cover baseball as a journalist, among many other bits you’d have for “The Times.” And the last time that you came on the show to talk about baseball was when the sport was weathering - and in some ways, not weathering - the pandemic. I mean, I think about these moments fairly often. I guess it’s just like an endless shame spiral. There is nothing more humiliating than standing on the mound after someone has hit the ball over the fence and is running around the bases, celebrating. Gave them up? Oh, meaning you were the pitcher? mike schmidtĬorrect. The top two are when I gave up home runs. I remember a handful of memories from my time. So I can’t believe that I’m actually going to tell you this. On opening day of baseball’s 2023 season, Mike Schmidt on a historic plan to save the sport from the tyranny of the home run. michael barbaroįrom “The New York Times,” I’m Michael Barbaro. Not like, it’s going, it’s going, it’s gone! mike schmidt Oh, because the ball is gone? mike schmidt So I think the lead announcer for the Yankees on television, when they hit a home run, goes, see ya! michael barbaro Oh, really? What’s the - wait, can you just explain that to me? mike schmidt That’s because Rob has got his mic on in that control room. Please review the episode audio before quoting from this transcript and email with any questions. While it has been reviewed by human transcribers, it may contain errors. This transcript was created using speech recognition software. Transcript The Plan to Save Baseball From Boredom A look at the sport’s home run problem and the big changes this season.
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