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MLB, MLBPA Announce New Initiatives To Quicken Pace Of Play

MLB and MLBPA on Friday announced new initiatives "to quicken the pace of play," including countdown clocks for breaks between innings and modifications to the instant-replay process. MLB said that umpires "would enforce the rule requiring all hitters to keep at least one foot in the batter’s box." Commissioner Rob Manfred in a statement said that the "most important starting point for improving pace of play was moving efficiently in and out of commercial breaks." Two clocks "will remind fans and players of that effort" (N.Y. TIMES, 2/21).

Sue Bird and Dawn Porter talk upcoming doc, Ricardo Viramontes of UNINTERRUPTED and NBA conference finals

This week’s pod comes to you from 4se where SBJ’s Austin Karp is joined by basketball legend Sue Bird and award-winning director Dawn Porter as the duo share how their documentary, Power of the Dream, came together and what viewers can expect. Later in the show ,Ricardo Viramontes of The SpringHill Company/UNINTERRUPTED talks about how LeBron James and Maverick Carter are making their own mark in original content. Plus SBJ’s Mollie Cahillane joins the pod to add insight into the WNBA’s hot start and gets us set for the NBA Conference Finals.

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