Baseball games are too long

[TheNightmanCometh]

Originally Posted by doug.goodman

The same people who complain about baseball being "boring" point to basketball and football as examples of "exciting".

My definitions of "boring" and "exciting" are different than those used by such people.

Football plays to a 60 minute clock, basketball to a 48 minute clock, and the both games takes multiple hours to play.

At the moment that a game has become "too long" you should stop watching. Go home. Change the channel. Whatever fits the situation.



I once had a conversation with a woman sitting in front of me in the upper deck of Dodger Stadium that went something like this:

Doug - catches beach ball, stabs it with game scoring pen, rips it in half, throws it over the railing.

Woman - "why did you stab that beach ball and throw it over the railing?"

Doug - "because I hate f'g beach balls at baseball games"

Woman - "but baseball is boring"

Doug - "then go to the f'n beach"

Doug's mortified wife - buries face in hands


Later in the game I caused the wave to stop, but that's a different story.


Doug "my dream day involves a 28 inning game that lasts for as long as it lasts, preferably with no beach balls, or the people who would bring them" Goodman

You sir, are my hero.

[bmattioli]

Why can't people just leave Baseball alone.. It's OK just the way it is..

[Mark]

sure fire ways to make baseball fast again

1. limit roster to 22. fewer pitchers, fewer pitching changes.
2. start the games in the late afternoon and don't turn on the lights: this will encourage the teams to get it done sooner instead of later
3. enforce the official strike zone.

[drcy]

If you want to talk about torture: Woody Allen - Insurance Salesman scene

[Gnep31]

The sport should be left alone.

I drive several hrs to attend MLB games and I want my $'s worth of baseball. Tickets, gas, traffic, parking etc...if a game goes under 3 hrs I'm disappointed. I am thrilled when games go to extra innings.

As another stated, when watching on TV, I also fast forward through all commercials. I can only see the same law firm commercials on Fox Sports Detroit so many times

[Wildfireschulte]

I'm cool with some of the ideas that MLB is pushing: limit mound visits, shorten breaks, speed up replay reviews... My solution is to watch 3 games at the same time - 2 split screen on TV plus one on my IPad - then its impossible to keep up with the pace. Combine that with managing 5 or 6 fantasy teams and its baseball heaven.

When watching a game live, I simply pound beer with a group of friends and the time flies by.

[Leon]

I rarely watch games although I will watch a world series game or two just for old times sake. Usually I won't watch a whole one, just a part of one, when I do watch.

[conor912]

You want to speed the game, you gotta speed the players. What they need to do is fine every player on both rosters if a game goes longer than 2.5 hours. That'll light a fire under their asses.

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by TheNightmanCometh

You sir, are my hero.

Thank you. I will continue to try to live up to that status.