Our mission is to engineer a faster, more dynamic form of baseball by redesigning the underlying systems that shape the game. We develop rule innovations that increase action, reduce dead time, and deliver a modern, highu2011energy experience for fans, players, and partners.

Our work focuses on the two core drivers of pace:

• Accelerating each plate appearance through a streamlined 3u2011ball, 2u2011strike count that reduces nonu2011action pitches and brings the ball into play sooner.
• Shortening overall game length with a sevenu2011inning, fouru2011outsu2011peru2011halfu2011inning format that eliminates unnecessary stoppages while preserving competitive integrity with 28 outs per team.

These innovations create a game that moves with purposeu2014more continuous action, more engagement, and a more compelling product for todayu2019s sports audience.

Diamond Sports Systems exists to build the modern code of baseballu2014engineering faster play, more action, and a game built for the next era of baseball, where u201cPlay ballu201d truly means play ball.