Major League Baseball

Rockies manager Walt Weiss wants to bring back bullpen cars

Published Mar. 10, 2015 1:03 a.m. ET

foxsports

One of the ways the MLB is trying to speed up the pace of play this year is to limit the time a pitcher coming in from the bullpen has to be ready. A pitcher called upon during an inning must be ready within 2 minutes, 30 seconds. Although many pitchers jog in from the bullpen, that might be an issue in Colorado, according to Rockies manager Walt Weiss. He told MLB.com's Thomas Harding that some pitchers like to walk in to conserve energy in the mile-high altitude of Denver. His solution: the bullpen car.

Here are a couple of classic examples:

Boston southpaw Bill "Spaceman" Lee exits this freaking sweet bullpen car & heads to the Fenway mound @Red_Sox_1901 pic.twitter.com/kx15twIVkx
— Super 70s Sports (@Super70sSports) January 5, 2015

Bring back the BP car“@MLBcathedrals: Jim Brewer poses with the #Dodgers bullpen cart. Dodger Stadium, early 1970's. pic.twitter.com/AVKFsWP219”
— Will C (@will_e_777) December 28, 2013

Others just wanted to be cool:

No more jogging from the bullpen. Bring back the bullpen car. #BetterBaseballRules pic.twitter.com/tfzB1zKXS7
— Geoff Snow (@geoffreysnow) February 21, 2015

Maybe this isn't such a bad idea.

I see from @BleedCubTweets that Al Yellon wants to crowdfund to buy smth. I'm going to assume it's a bullpen car. pic.twitter.com/h4vc0u6XN8
— kyla the worst (@fifthstarter) February 27, 2015

Angell, writing about the ‘72 season, notes the Yankees used a Datsun as their bullpen car. This is it: pic.twitter.com/bAaYYeORro
— Chris Chrisman (@chrischrisman) February 28, 2013