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How a new MLB rule could change baseball games this season

A pitch clock will give pitchers 20 seconds or less to throw the ball, and hitters have to be in the batter's box when the timer hits 8 seconds. It already cost one team a game in spring training.

There are a few key rule changes coming to Major League Baseball this season, but one in particular already is throwing players for a curve.

Spring training games underway in Florida and Arizona have featured a new pitch clock, which gives pitchers a set amount of time before they have to

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