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Podcast: Reading Baseball
Episode: Reading Baseball: Baseball on the clock
Description: The New Yorker cover with clocks highlighted on the players and the umpire(Pete Peterson (provided))One of the new rule changes in Major League Baseball this season is the introduction of a pitch clock.In his latest edition of Reading Baseball, Pete Peterson explains how he believes this attempt to speed up games goes against the essence of the National Pastime.Reading Baseball is a series of essays and commentaries by Richard “Pete” Peterson, the author of Growing Up With Clemente and the editor of The St. Louis Baseball Reader.