reporter: for a sport steeped in history, major league baseball s taking a crack at new rules, hoping to bring a more explosive, speedier version to fans. for fielders this is what we ve been dreaming of. reporter: the average baseball game in 2022 was more than three hours. the league hopes to get things moving faster this season with a new pitch clock. what rule or rules are being talked about the most i d say the clock reporter: here s how it works pitchers only have 15 seconds between throws unless there s runners on base. then it s 20 and batters have to be locked in and ready with eight seconds left creating chaos in one of the first preseason games on saturday. and now what? he s out. they have called strike 3 reporter: the braves-red sox ending with a violation both teams and fans expecting a learning curve. that s why these games are really, really important i think we re all learning together. as a fan it s interesting to me to see how those seasoned p
unanimously adopted by baseball s competition committee yesterday. the league is also reportedly tweaking a rule that allowed players to pitch now requiring teams to be up ten or more in the ninth inning. position players are also allowed to pitch anytime in extra innings and mean mile opening down march 30th will feature three of the biggest changes since the pitchers mound was lowered. going to be a different year. those changes include two infielders are required on either side of second base while all infielders must be within the outer boundary of the infield when the pitcher is on the rubber. base sides will increase from 18 square inches to 15 square inches, giving base runners an advantage, might lead to more stolen bases and biggest of all a pitch clock will be used with 20 seconds with runners on.
edge of your seat stuff. in the end lionel messi gets his world cup, one of the greatest players in history. he s in his mid-30s. that might have been his last crack at it. argentina walks off with the world cup. then aaron judge s performance for the yankees. now statistically the record is 73. barry bonds, sammy sosa and mark mcgwire have all hit more had home runs in a season, came during the so-called steroid era which is connected to the accomplishments of all three of them, unfortunately, but all three were national leaguers. the record judge set was 62 and is the yankee record and american league record. the only three guys, ruth with 60, roger maris with 61, and judge with 62, were all right fielders for the new york yankees. steph curry, probably the greatest pure shooter in the
england s cricketers have produced one of their most memorable performances overseas to win the first test against pakistan by 7a runs in a nail biting final session in rawalpindi. it s only the third test match england have ever won in pakistan, joe wilson watched the day unfold. england in pakistan. they d come forfun, they had come to win. they had come with james anderson. he took the first wicket of this epic final day. pakistan needed runs for victory. mohammed rizwan. their target, 343, was feasible, reachable. shakeel saud got himself 250. count the score, count the crowd. the seats were filling. pakistan s chances were growing. in response, anderson again. commentator: 0h, gone! rizwan gone. england kept their fielders close. shakeel gave a chance and keaton jennings flung himself to catch it. the volunteers were ready to bat.
ben stokes has described their last gasp victory over pakistan in the first test as mind blowing. they took the last wicket in fading light on the final day to win by 74 runs. it is being as one of their greatest victories of all time. 0ur sports correpondent joe wilson reports england and pakistan. they come forfun, they had come to win. they had come with james anderson. he took the first wicket of this epic final day. pakistan needed runs for victory. mohammed rizwan. there target, 343, was feasible, reachable. saud got himself 250. the seats were filling. pakistan s chances were growing. in response, anderson again. rizwan gone. england kept their fielders close. shakeel gave a chance and keaton jennings flung himself to catch it.