It was a joke, but it has its own bones. Starting in 2024, the KBO League will introduce a “time limit” system. To reduce the gap, the Major League Baseball has decided to introduce the “pitch clock,” which has been very effective since its introduction in the 2023 season, as the average duration of games exceeds three hours. Since the introduction of the pitch clock, the average duration of games in ML has been reduced to around 2 hours and 40 minutes.
The “pitch clock” limits the pitching time of pitchers. The main content is to visually pressure a pitcher by installing a watch in the stadium. In this season, a pitcher had to throw a ball within 15 seconds if there was no runner, and 20 seconds if there was a runner. The batter also has a time limit, and he must enter the batter’s box within eight seconds. In case of violation, the pitcher will be given one ball and the batter will be given one strike automatically.
For example, if a pitcher exceeds the time limit four times when there is no runner, the batter can walk out without looking at the ball once. This is why some referees said, “Now I will get a hit without throwing the ball.” 안전 토토사이트
As the new system is being introduced, not only players but also referees in the KBO League have begun pitch clock adaptation training. The KBO Board of Referees conducted pitch clock adaptation training early this month along with simulation of the use of the automatic ball judgment system (ABS). The training will continue at the spring camp.
The ABS is the focus of the game. A camera installed at the stadium reads the ball flying over the home plate to determine whether it is a ball-strike or not. Rumors of referee uselessness and catcher’s framing technique uselessness were rampant. It was pitch clock, not ABS, that made the umpire rip off the head during an actual training session, which drew attention.
“It was my fourth day of training (as of Thursday), and I had no idea what Peach Clock was when I experienced it on the first day,” Judge Yoo Deok-hyeong with 12 years of experience said with a smile. “ABS is rather comfortable. When a robot makes a decision, it hears the sound and just chants. But Peach Clock was so confused that it was like, ‘Oh, how do I do this?'” he said. “I’m getting used to it.” In fact, the referees sweated hard at adaptation training, assuming various situations that could occur when introducing pitch clocks.