In a continuing effort to have more action and less dead time in Major League Baseball, those at the highest levels of the sport are willing to examine how television factors in. That news came from MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred late this week as he spoke to me about a variety of subjects. When I noted that the increased number of commercial breaks and the time associated to them were factors in pace of play, Manfred said he was not opposed to looking into shortening some of that time up. “I fully agree with the idea of examining our commercial load in our broadcasts and is something that we should be doing,” Manfred said. OTHER AREAS MANFRED DISCUSSED AROUND PACE

Source: Forbes March 03, 2017 19:45 UTC