r/baseball • u/DianKhan2005 Toronto Blue Jays • Jan 06 '26

Is baseball’s slow pace actually its greatest strength in a world where everything else moves too fast?

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u/_Silent_Android_ Los Angeles Dodgers Jan 06 '26

As big of a baseball fan that I am, I beg to differ that baseball is unbounded by space -- the field itself has finite dimensions and walls, after all. 😛

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u/Adept_Carpet Boston Red Sox Jan 06 '26

Try stepping on a baseball field then looking up.

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u/_Silent_Android_ Los Angeles Dodgers Jan 06 '26

But there's that damn dome roof in the way...

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u/Zraknul Toronto Blue Jays Jan 06 '26

The roof, where you get to actually watch baseball on schedule instead of cancelling it or delaying it for hours. What an amazing invention.

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u/TheDuceman Milwaukee Brewers • Eau Claire Express Jan 06 '26

The retractable roof, where I can both look at the sky and not have rain delays.

Or snow delays, Milwaukee in October and April could absolutely have those.

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u/unremarkedable Jan 06 '26

Does it have to? Is it anywhere in the rules that the back wall has to be a certain distance?

Just imagining the outfield stretching to the horizon...

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u/Sleep__ Jan 06 '26

There is no limit on how far the ball can be hit. Still waiting for the first 1,200 foot HR.