Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Shohei Ohtani
Los Angeles Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani, center, became the first player to be penalized as both a pitcher and batter by MLB's new pitch clock.
  • Baseball's new season is underway with a pitch clock to speed up games.
  • That got us thinking about other sleepy pastimes in need of livening up, specifically meetings.
  • If new rules can improve game speed, surely bosses can make meetings run more efficiently.

Baseball, arguably America's sleepiest sport, began its new season last week with changes designed to speed up games and inject more action. Amen.