August 27, 201511 yr For the first time in a while the length of an average MLB game is down. Cincinnati Reds, MLB picking up pace of play | FOX Sports What caused the games to get longer? I always claimed more commercials led to it. Probably something to that. I found a state that says compared to 1988 an average game now has about 22 more pitches. How long does a pitch take? Fangraphs said that in 2014 the average time between pitches was 23 seconds. 22 extra pitches would mean about 486 extra seconds which adds about 8 minutes. Runs are going down so it's not extra offense that is adding to it. The average MLB game now sees about 4 pitchers per team being used. That number is up from about a little under 3 per team in the late 80s. So that's two more pitching changes. It all adds up.
August 28, 201511 yr http://www.businessinsider.com/the-human-rain-delay-mike-hargrove-used-to-drive-opposing-pitchers-insane-video-2013-7
August 29, 201511 yr Reds and Dodgers took 2:54 to play a 1-0 game in which the Reds got 4 hits and the Dodgers hit into 5 double plays.
August 29, 201511 yr Watched a Little League game last night that took over 3 hours to play 7 innings...but it was a great game I don't think anyone was complaining.
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