I went to the first Sunday home game this season at Shea Stadium. It felt good. I think it proves that if the players can speed up the process because their nipples are hard, they can do it for other reasons as well. And the fans will be better off for it. Baseball players should not be rushed to the extent that there is too little room for individual variation.
Pitchers have their rituals.
If you want to speed something up, speed up the traffic on the roads to and from the baseball parks, crank up the velocity on the trains, open up more vendor slots to cut down on long lines, set a maximum limit of 15 seconds on TV advertising spots so more can be squeezed in. But don't start trying to manipulate play itself. Let freedom reign in this American sport. I don't agree with the view that baseball is inherently a slow game. However, it has become one.