

The committee proposed expanding umpires' use of video replay review. To effectively and consistently enforce rules aimed at addressing the concern, committee members think a visible clock is necessary to address pace-of-play issues.Ī LOOK BACK: Review how the entire DI baseball tournament played out Video review 1, 2025, for all Division II and III games. 1, 2024, for all Division I games, and Jan. The committee also recommended that all action clocks be visible on the field by Jan. The committee wanted to take out the fake or feinting of throws because it has had a negative impact on the game." "We had to see these things play out in real time. "With this being a new rule the last couple of years, there have been some growing pains with it," said Doug Aiken, committee chair and associate athletics director at Chapman. If the offense violates the 20-second clock, a strike still would be added to the count. Also, pitchers can make an unlimited number of step-offs or fake throws to reset the clock. If the 20-second action clock expires without a pitch or pickoff throw being made, a ball would be added to the count.Ĭurrently, pitchers receive a warning for the first violation of the 20-second clock, and a ball is added to the count for any subsequent violations.

Again, this would be allowed only once per batter. If a defensive player requests and is granted a timeout by an umpire, it would be treated the same as a step-off by the pitcher to reset the clock.
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HOW IT HAPPENED: How Ole Miss won the 2022 College World Series Pitchers would be allowed one step-off or fake throw to a base per batter to reset the clock.

Under the proposal, with runners on base, a pitcher would be required to start the motion of throwing a pitch or making a pickoff throw to avoid violating the action clock. The action clock proposal would take effect in the 2022-23 academic year. The NCAA Baseball Rules Committee, during its meetings this week, recommended modifications to the 20-second action clock with runners on base.Īll rule proposals must be approved by the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel, which is scheduled to discuss baseball proposals Aug.
