How are you all liking the shorter MLB games?

[Chuck]

So far in 2023, MLB game times are averaging 2 hours and 38 minutes (158 minutes), down from 3 hours and 6 minutes (186 minutes) in 2022. The last time games were this short was the 1981 season, which was shortened by a players' strike; the last full season with an average below 2 hours and 38 minutes was 1979.

In 2000, average game times hit the three-hour mark for the first time, then slipped for a decade before climbing back to 3 hours or more from 2012 to 2022.

https://bookies.com/mlb/picks/mlb-games-are-28-minutes-shorter-now-here-s-13-ways-to-use-that-time

[Lou]

Loving it. One, if not the, best moves MLB has ever made.

[mmc]

1 minute ago, Lou said:

Loving it. One, if not the, best moves MLB has ever made.

100% agree, you should make it a poll, Chuck

[Justin]

Love it. More than I ever could have imagined. 

[T.G.]

It's awesome.  I agree, it's definitely one of the best things MLB has ever implemented.

Now, if they could just get rid of the ghost runner....

[Blarg]

Baseball was hijacked for a couple decades by mound indecision and players that didn't know where the batters box was located. Pitch clock has returned the game to the fans.

[Docwaukee]

It's great.  

I agree about the ghost runner.  that sucks.  I also hate the three batter rule.  

[Taylor]

I appreciate it. The games are so svelte now.

[Reveille1984]

Amazing.  Now send in the robot umps!

 

[Reveille1984]

The even funnier thing is the crusty dudes whining that the pitch clock "ruins the sanctity of the game!".  We've basically just reversed time to how fast games were in the 80s/90s.

[Tank]

i like it a lot, especially since our house is also watching every phillies game this year. two games a night can wear away at you.