AdvertisementAmerica's Favorite Pastime Is Back — And Some Wish It Would Just Hurry Up!March 27, 2019Tom GoldmanfacebookEmailA pitch clock behind home plate at Scottsdale Stadium in Arizona, spring training home of the San Francisco Giants. As part of Major League Baseball's efforts to increase the game's pace of play, pitch clocks were used on an experimental basis at some spring training games. But the experiment ended in mid-March. (NPR)