Wow, MLB Has A Delay Of Game Penalty

Found July 04, 2007 on The Futon Report:

Wow, MLB Has A Delay Of Game Penalty

TEAMS: Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers
PLAYERS: Rafael Betancourt

Twice in Tuesday night's game against the Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians relief pitcher Rafael Betancourt's unusually long, frustrating windup invoked a normally dormant rule that one must throw the ball within 12 seconds if nobody's on base, or have it be called a ball. And we're just _now_ using this rule?

Original Story: http://futonreport.net/index.php/2007...

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daphne2008 said July 04, 2007

Wow! I didn't even know that rule existed. Thank God. I hope they keep enforcing it. With no time limits on anything (well, I guess now one thing), baseball is long enough as it is.
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