Baseball ... it's a numbers game
"Babe" Ruth wore #3 because he was #3 in the Yankee batting order Baseball is about numbers ... lots of numbers. And, I don't mean Billy Beane/"Moneyball". Batting averages and OPS were invented so the announcers would have something to discuss because the game takes so long to play. It's 3 strikes and 4 balls and the hurler has to throw it 60'6" from a mound that's 10 1/2' inches high and, it's 90 feet from one base to the others. There are lots of examples of how numbers fit into the 162 regular season games of MLB that make up America's national pastime. Now, new numbers ... a 30 - second timer between pitchers and batters and a 15-second timer in place with the bases empty and a 20-second timer with runners on base. That rule came about because, in the past, pitchers took too much time fondling the ball, bouncing the resin bag, grabbing their crotch, spitting, toeing the rubber, grabbing their crotch again and getting a pi