MINNEAPOLIS — Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig says he is concerned about the slow pace of ballgames.

Selig says he is not necessarily worried about the overall length of baseball games. But he says the pace of some of them drags on when pitchers take too long between pitches and hitters constantly step out of the batter’s box.

The commissioner was asked about umpire Joe West’s recent comments to the Record of New Jersey in which he called the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox “pathetic and embarrassing” for dragging out games during their season-opening series.

Selig declined to comment directly on West. But he did say baseball is looking at ways to keep the game moving.