Take a look at this video - it’s the last two-plus innings of Jim Maloney’s no-hitter against the Cubs in August 1965, the full on-air video including commercials: Speeding up the average game by 25 minutes would put it back to where it was in the mid- to late-1980s, which would be just fine with me.īefore anyone interjects, “But the TV commercials!”, it’s not the TV commercials. This chart shows how the length of major league games stayed fairly steady from the 1950s through the 1970s, then started galloping away: It has helped cut down the number of times pitchers stepped off the rubber to go over hand signals from catchers. PitchCom allows catchers to input signs to a wristband device and pitchers to listen to audio tucked inside their cap. One of the biggest reasons for that, says the AP, was the introduction of the PitchCom system: The figure declined from a record 3:10:07 last year and was the lowest since 3:00:44 in 2018. The average this season was 3 hours, 3 minutes, 44 seconds, the commissioner’s office said Monday. The AP says the average game time did drop in 2022: Games, on average, 25 minutes shorter? Sign me up. Per the Associated Press, it made a significant difference in the minor leagues in 2022:Īverage time of nine-inning minor league games dropped to 2:38 this season from 3:03 in 2021. MLB games have been getting longer and longer over the last couple of decades, and the clock is intended to pick up the pace. ![]() Of all the rule changes, the one I most look forward to is the pitch clock.
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