NFT: Last night's baseball games

...precisely why you stated. Practically no one apart from a fan of the teams will watch these games, they are so boring.

I was at bar for Dodgers Braves and got caught up in it. But the games go on absurdly long.

and 3:20? Are people really scoffing at an extra half hour after being invested for close to 3 already? The length of the games isn't the problem.

then I put on an hour long show from my DVR. When I went back to the game it was the 5th inning. Brutal

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1. Ban all the body armor on batters except the shin/instep guard.

2. Ban batting gloves and pine tar or give the spidertac back to pitchers. If pitchers aren't allowed a "better" grip, why are batters?

3. Ban the shift.

4. Force all batters to have one foot inside the batter's box unless he's forced out by an inside pitch or over swing. Call a strike on anyone leaving the box entirely for no apparent reason.

5. Get rid of the 3 batter minimum. Make it two at most.

6. Get rid of the insane baserunner at 2nd to start extra innings.

7. No more than 2 minutes between half innings, commercials be damned. Batter required to be in the box at 1:45.

8. No more than 25 seconds between pitches, or a ball is called. (Of course, mound visit or pick off attempt restarts the clock)

9. Limit mound visits from all sources to 3 per half inning.

10. Teams have 2.5 minutes to complete a pitching change.

Make it so.

Bravo on your suggestions! And hope all is well with you and yours too.

But watching an entire game is absolutely out of the question.

Last night I watched two episodes of the Dirty Money series on Netflix with my wife and had the Dodgers game on a tablet. When that was over I flipped around for a bit and checked in on Astros/Red Sox until the 8th.

...was a 5-4/9 inning game.

It lasted 4 hours and 7 minutes. That's entirely too long.

I played baseball in college, coach a summer collegiate team now.

I barely watch baseball, except for the playoffs and even then I tune in for a few innings, then go else where.

It's too slow (unless your team is playing).

...my online TV guide always shows "post game show".

I know that time slot is allotted for the 7th, 8th, and 9th innings.

Games are mostly on FS1 (TBS also?), not even what I consider the main networks.

And this is a year with four teams that represent fairly large markets?! Obviously having Chicago and/or NY represented would be a bit better for the networks...

is a sport best watched during the summer when people come and go as a viewer. Once the fall hits and I can choose to watch 5 plays of a football game between one at bat of a baseball game my psyche is to stay on the football game. That's where the 3hrs 20 min vs 2 hrs 50 min make a difference.