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I put the clock on the All Star game. Every commercial break was three minutes. Two pitching changes, 4:30 together. God Bless America, Neil Diamond, and Rivera walking in from the bullpen took another nine. That's 65 minutes. The time of game was 3:06. The players played 18 half-innings in two hours. BS took up the other 1:05, more than one third of the elapsed time.
If the players can get their job done in two hours, it is not the play of the game that you need to blame for the length.
Yankees v Red Sox game was almost 5 hours tonight for 11 innings. Speaking of another issue, horrible call at 2nd in the top of the 11th possibly costing the Yankees a run. Can we either get instant replay or weed out the incompetent umpires with some sort of grading system?
Yankees v Red Sox game was almost 5 hours tonight for 11 innings. Speaking of another issue, horrible call at 2nd in the top of the 11th possibly costing the Yankees a run. Can we either get instant replay or weed out the incompetent umpires with some sort of grading system?
There definitely needs to be instant replay for potential game-changing calls like this one. What happens now if the Rays miss the playoffs by one game? Or the Athletics? Or the Yankees? All have been victimized by awful late-game calls, especially the Athletics
Over the past FIVE years, the average untelevised NCAA Division III FOOTBALL game runs between 150-170 minutes. Many of the BCS games are going 210-240. The TV timeouts are often three minutes or more. I guess I notice it more in November and December when the weather is pretty bad and I am sitting out in the cold weather.
To me, there are too many conferences on the mound, too many pitching changes, and far too much stepping out on pitches in the average baseball game. I also, think that there is a real lack of pitching talent, BUT that is another issue.
and what happened to the days when most pitchers lasted the entire game or certainly into the 7,8 or 9th inning? That is pretty much what you are saying...
We used to be loyal baseball fans. Our son played in the minors for about 4 years but an arm injury ended his career. We are more inclined to spend a Sat or Sun watching football than a time watching baseball. Of course I still love my Dodgers.
Umpires are already subject to strict performance grading, though lately I've also noticed poorer officiating than normal.
Red Schoendienst was the guest on the Cardinals telecast the other night, he has been involved in the game daily at the MLB level now for almost 70 years. He just dropped the offhanded remark that "Umpires were good in those days", and did not elaborate. Take it for what it is worth. He wasn't extolling the virtues of the good old days, he spoke with equanimity about the different eras, but I though that remark stood out.
Most of the games then, I listened to on the radio, there was no TV, and announcers were very reluctant to say there was a bad call. But I can't remember nearly as many arguments about blown calls from those days.
and what happened to the days when most pitchers lasted the entire game or certainly into the 7,8 or 9th inning? That is pretty much what you are saying...
We used to be loyal baseball fans. Our son played in the minors for about 4 years but an arm injury ended his career. We are more inclined to spend a Sat or Sun watching football than a time watching baseball. Of course I still love my Dodgers.
I have been trying out ROKU this weekend (and been stuck in the house). I watched an archived baseball game between BYU and St. Mary's on BYU-TV. It was amazing how quickly the game went with NO commercial breaks.
Personally, I would like to find the British feeds of NFL games that are roughly one hour.
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