Top Sport Business Issues of 2023: MLB Rule Changes
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00:00 Sports professor Rick Harrow, inside the $1.3 trillion business of sports with your Daily
00:05 Numbers game. Review of 2023, the top five business issues, five to one. Let's start with
00:11 number five, Major League Baseball rule changes and the profound effect on the game. Well, no shift,
00:16 you got to have all the infielders on the dirt when the pitches start. 15 seconds between pitches,
00:22 runner on base, 20 seconds as well. And the bottom line of larger bases, quicker games,
00:30 speedier games, more stealing, extra innings. We started with the man on second two years ago,
00:36 so it wasn't a major change. All of this meant baseball's demographics getting younger,
00:42 more people watching, more exciting games, more corporate advertisers. Major League Baseball,
00:49 very happy with all of the situations that have caused this. There will be tinkering,
00:54 but number five, the baseball rule changes and the fantastic 2023 season.