Monday, May 3, 2010

Baseball Therapy: Why Are Games So Long?

A few weeks ago, umpire Joe West caused a stir when he publicly called out the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox for doing what they do best: playing games that take forever to finish. He’s certainly not the first person (nor will he be the last) to wonder aloud why it is that baseball games last so long (particularly between those two teams). Is there a way to shorten the great American game? If there was, should we try?

Baseball Prospectus

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