Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. A few Major League Baseball stadiums will be selling alcohol through the eighth inning in order to combat shorter games due to the implementation of the pitch clock.
With games roughly 31 minutes shorter this season, four teams have announced that alcohol sales will be extended beyond the traditional seventh-inning cutoff.
A beer vendor holds Coors Light and Miller Lite beer cans at American Family Field on June 24, 2022, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Patrick McDermott/Getty Images) The Arizona Diamondbacks, Texas Rangers, Milwaukee Brewers and Minnesota Twins have all made alcohol available through the eighth inning as games have sped up, according to The Associated Press. MARINERS' JARRED KELENIC LAUNCHES MAMMOTH HOME RUN, SECOND-LONGEST OF MLB SEASON: ‘ABSOLUTELY SMOKED’ But not everyone is on board with the idea.
Philadelphia Phillies relief pitcher Matt Strahm joined the "Baseball Isn’t Boring" podcast and pushed back on extending beer sales. "The reason we stopped it in the seventh before was to give our fans time to sober up and drive home safe," Strahm said. "Correct?