are for open to banning assault weapons. they ll hammer that message. alexi, thank you for being with us this morning. we appreciate it. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early on this thursday morning. jack-packed morning joe starts right now. one of the constants over the years is baseball. america has rolled by like an army of steamrollers, built like a blackboard, erased and erased again. but baseball has marked the time. this field, this game, it s a part of our past, ray. it reminds us of all that once was good, and it could be again. oh, people will come, ray. people will most definitely come. willie. there you go. good morning. that line. welcome to morning joe. all that was good. 30th. all can be good once again. so many l opening day. opening day, yes. very exciting, huh? best part about opening day is, no matter who you are, any team, there s hope. right now, sitting here this morning, there s hope. now, hey there s a point
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in the past, you had a 4-hour game, kids tune out, you have to go to bed. you re a consultant to the mlb. has it been as good as it appears to have been in spring training? we tested these extensively over 8,000 games in the minor leagues the last couple years. the entire effort was an attempt to give fans more of what they like and less of what they don t like. we did extensive outreach to fans for years. what they told us was they agree with mike and all of us, greatest game in the world, but they want to see more action. they want to see an improved pace, see the ball in play more. their favorite plays are stolen bases, doubles, triples, great defensive plays. least favorite things are dead time. mound visits, pitching changes, things like that. rules were designed to move us a little closer to the best version of baseball, giving fans more of what they like.
277 minutes. 38 players, 14 pitchers, 12 pitching changes. regular replay reviews. and countless, countless, meetings on the mound. without the meetings, pitching changes, batting glove adjustments somewhere you ll find a three-hour gym. instead a nearly five-hour endurance test. took my son it game, a school night. special night and we had to leave in the ninth inning of a nine inning game. why? transportation and dilemmas. challenge to the baseball commissioner. watch that game again. minute by minute. if you can bear it. then do something. edit out the following or put in a pitch clock. don t let batters step out of the box as many time. limit times to the mound. cut commercial time. something, anything, please. all of us baseball fans beg you. you have a great sport, but time is not on your side. we ll be right back.