Baseball games are too long

silvor · #1 02-24-2018, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by wdwfan

To me, the best way to shorten a game is to get there in either the 3rd or 4th innings. Nothing happens over the first few anyway. But the middle of the game is when the parade to the mound starts, the endless pulling relief pitchers, subbing batters, etc. So if you get there in the 4th inning, you still get about 6 innings, catch all that stuff and knock the game down to about 2:15. Just my 3-1/2 cents though.

Or you could do like I do and just leave after about the 6th or top of the 7th. I hate sitting in traffic jams, so I leave early to alleviate that. I can always say I was at the game (and not be lying) if something crazy happens. Plus, I'd hear it on the radio while scooting back home instead of listening to yabbering in the post game show while sitting in traffic.

May cable company shows a 2 hour replay of the game the next morning. That really shortens the game. Or, just watch the highlights!

Fred · #2 02-24-2018, 04:35 PM

I would be nice to speed up the game a little. I don't agree with the "pointing to first base for the intentional pass". I'd rather see them throw the ball 4x and see if something gets screwed up in the process.

JollyElm · #3 02-24-2018, 05:13 PM

Some people complain that hockey games are too long. Maybe the NHL should install heaters beneath the rinks, forcing players to play much more quickly, so they can net some goals before all the ice melts away and the game is called. Problem solved.

doug.goodman · #4 02-24-2018, 10:24 PM

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

bbcard1 · #5 02-24-2018, 10:42 PM

The most boring thing in sports is the last two minutes of a basketball game when one team is about 10 points down and resort to fouling hoping to trade 3s for 1s or 2s. It almost never works, but it does occassionally which is why they do it.

ValKehl · #6 02-24-2018, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by bbcard1

The most boring thing in sports is the last two minutes of a basketball game when one team is about 10 points down and resort to fouling hoping to trade 3s for 1s or 2s. It almost never works, but it does occassionally which is why they do it.

Not only boring, but this is very frustrating when it causes a game to run longer than the time scheduled for it by the TV station, the result being that the next scheduled game has been in progress for several minutes by the time the TV station finally switches over to it. This happened to me this afternoon, as I was not able to watch the first several minutes of my #1 UVA Cavaliers vs. Pittsburg. Ugh!

doug.goodman · #7 03-04-2018, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by bbcard1

The most boring thing in sports is the last two minutes of a basketball game when one team is about 10 points down and resort to fouling hoping to trade 3s for 1s or 2s. It almost never works, but it does occasionally which is why they do it.

That's why I hate sports with clocks.

Fred · #8 02-24-2018, 11:09 PM

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Originally Posted by doug.goodman

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

hahahahahahahaha.....

ls7plus · #9 02-25-2018, 04:10 AM

My solution is to record any game I want to watch on my DVR, wait at least an hour, then fast forward through the commercials, pitching changes and a lot of the mound visits. These are the 3 things that have made the games so much longer, with virtually every game being televised. Commercials, of course, aren't going anywhere, nor are all the pitching changes. But if you fast forward through them, you can cut 40-50 minutes off the time of the game. Let those who like commercials watch them--my wife actually does, primarily because she used to be in marketing--but I do not.

Just the way I do it,

Larry

jerrys · #10 02-25-2018, 09:03 AM

I directly related the term "too long" to �too much dead time� (no action). Some suggest watching the game from the third inning or leave the game early to avoid traffic or don't watch or not my sport or watch it recorded to fast forward, etc. These "suggestions" have nothing whatever to do with the time wasted on the field by the players during the game. These instances are additive and significantly increase the time of the game. If the game is continuous action the time is not important.

These players have played the game most of lives and are the best at what they do. All I suggested are simple rules that should break players of time wasting habits and ways to generate quicker batter action.

I thought "between innings" as being more extreme was obvious - no commercials - no televised games.

TheNightmanCometh · #11 02-25-2018, 03:28 PM

Quote:

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 · #12 02-25-2018, 03:50 PM

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

Mark · #13 02-25-2018, 08:03 PM

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 · #14 02-25-2018, 10:39 PM

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

doug.goodman · #15 03-04-2018, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by TheNightmanCometh

You sir, are my hero.

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

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