MLB Wants to Quicken Pace of Games, Gets Rid of Intentional Walk Pitches, Keeps Infinite Pitching Changes.

Major League Baseball is apparently doing away with the need for four pitches during an intentional walk and allowing managers to give a sign to the ump that they are giving the batter the free base. This is being done in an attempt to make the games play faster, but how much time are they really saving? Baseball had just .38 intentional walks per game last season, so its not like the minute or two that an IBB takes was causing some games to go as long as 3.5-4 hours. If they really wanna speed up the games, they should limit the amount of pitching changes per inning. Nothing slows down a game more than a manager waddling out to the mound 4 times in 8 minutes to get the right match-ups.Whereas the IBB rule is just an attempt to make it look like MLB is doing something to speed up the games and keep their audiences engaged, limiting pitching changes could drastically speed the game up. The only proof I need to back me up is my eyes. I've seen enough managers plod their way out to the mound 5 times in an inning to know that one of those trips back and forth take a lot longer than 4 wasted pitches. Or, if the really wanted to speed up the game, they could enforce the rules they put in place a couple years ago in regards to time between pitches and leaving the batters box. That would help, too.