Except for this one, the pitch clock has been favorably received.
The new MLB pitch clock guidelines have been positively accepted. Some enforcements have seemed petty and unnecessary. One occurred in Friday's Chicago Cubs-Los Angeles Dodgers game.
Bellinger played with the Dodgers 2017–2022. He had amazing times and big problems. Two All-Star Games (2017, 2019), an NLCS MVP (2018), a World Series Title (2020), a National League Rookie of the Year Award (2017), and a National League MVP (2018).
Bellinger and the Cubs began a three-game series in Los Angeles Friday. Dodger fans applauded Bellinger's first at-bat at Dodger Stadium since leaving the team.
But, home plate umpire Jim Wolf called time out and pointed at his wrist to give Bellinger a pitch clock violation for not getting set in the batter's box fast enough, ending the
Critics slammed this transgression. Fans thought Wolf was overstepping his authority.
Others queried, if a long ovation could cause batters to violate the pitch clock, why wouldn't spectators do this every time a visiting player bats?