Love is in the air because of Major League Baseball’s new pitch clock

A pitch clock counts down as the Padres’ Jay Groome prepares to deliver a pitch to the Mariners’ Eugenio Suarez during a Feb. 24 spring training game. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

You wouldn’t think there’s anything romantic about Major League Baseball’s new pitch clock. Fifteen seconds and it’s over. Twenty seconds now and then.

And, yet, I believe I’m falling in love with baseball again because of that wonderful innovation. Time is flying, blessedly.