Being honest, I came up with all that off the cuff. I didn't know there was a limit on timeouts. I've tried to keep them brief. How much time is really needed anyway?I appreciate you are actually offering some specifics!
So ... increase the number of conferences already allowed? While there is not a 60 second cap by rule, most umpires use this as their baseline.
I know a number of umpires who will announce it is a shoe tying time out and tell everybody to check their shoes. Kind of humorous.
#3 already exists. It is inconsistently enforced. If it is going to be strictly enforced, it needs to be done so the entire game.
Would you still favor this when your defense needs to calm down or needs to talk strategy with the tying run on third base? No pitching changes allowed?
I like the shoe tying reminder..lol
Tournament play needs its own set of rules if they're gonna push time limits. And I understand why they do. No one wants to lay around all day waiting to play, or getting their umpire commitment pushed out for additional hours.
If those rules require things like a pre-heated pitcher and timed warmup throws in the circle, or push the coach's motivational speech allotment, or actually require a STOPPED game clock during these timed pitcher changes (thereby deterring BS changes since there's no benefit), then maybe that kind of thing would be the way to go. Make tournament play a significantly different game.