re game length was re braves update nflynn wvnvms wvnet edu writes in article apr adobe com snichols adobe com sherri nichols writes stuff about ron gant incident deleted a reasonable umpire would do as he s been instructed to do this season get the batters back in the box sooner to try to cut down on the ridiculous length of games i for one am glad to see this happen i agree that hirschbeck was just doing what he was instructed to do and also that gant should have listened to him however what is with this policy of trying to speed up the games you are the first person non mediot i have seen endorse this policy i have no problem with the length of games at all and am tired of the espn crowd and other announcers bitching about it i have never been in a ballpark filled with people looking at their watches and shouting hurry up if i cough up big bucks for a ticket i don t mind a game that last more than i really don t understand it games are longer now for several reasons stuff deleted maybe i am just a ne er do well with nothing better to do but i would like to hear reasons why the longer games upset you well i don t want shorter games per se but i would like for them to stop wasting so much time during games the gant incident is a perfect example when a guy comes to the plate he should be up there to hit not show off or show up the umpire which is clearly what gant was doing i feel like writing a fan letter to hirschbeck mike jones aix high end development mjones donald aix kingston ibm com for purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will henri frederick amile
