They could try faster fastballs

1: Baseball wants to speed up the game. What’s one idea not on the table? A: Shorter breaks between innings B: Batters not allowed to spit, tap cleats or hitch jocks C: Sorry, managers: Only six trips to the mound for strategy chats per game D: Quicker pitching changes to shorten waits

2: Iceland’s looking at a serious energy problem: What is it? A: Cryptocurrency computers using too much electricity

B: Geothermal sources drying up C: Lots of solar panels but not much sun D: Power needs of herring industry soaring

3: What is meldonium? A: Actual metal in Olympic gold medals B: Banned drug traced to Russian athlete C: Scarce mineral needed in smartphones D: New element discovered by UC Berkeley researcher

4: How are ocean seabirds changing their diet? A: Less fish, more squid B: Plastics a major food group C: Many flying ashore for seeds and bugs D: Dining on seaweed, proliferating as water warms

5: It could be one of the biggest changes to the court system in decades. What is it? A: California leaning toward eliminating cash bail

B: Fingerprints and mugshot may give way to DNA skin sample C: All state courthouses run on solar power D: Bailiffs won’t be armed in the name of weapons safety

6: San Francisco’s district attorney wants $1 million to go after: A: Sex trafficking centered on massage parlors

B: Abalone and deer poachers selling to local restaurants C: Auto break-in rings plaguing city neighborhoods D: Unlicensed cannabis outlets operating under the radar