SocraticGadfly: 1K fine will not speed pitchers up

June 12, 2009

1K fine will not speed pitchers up

Boston Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon is now in the Major League Baseball record books, as the first pitcher fined for slow play.

But $1,000 is chump change to someone like Papelbon.

Instead, Bud “Bud” Selig should award a batter a ball for every three second late Papelbon is with a pitch. If he were giving the first batter a start-off 2-0 count, you can bet Manager Terry Francona would fine him more than one grand, too.

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