re game length was re braves update in article apr wvnvms wvnet edu nflynn wvnvms wvnet edu writes in article apr adobe com snichols adobe com sherri nichols writes 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 major league baseball is trying to expand its appeal to people with shorter attention spans i e the football crowd invariably all the arguments from people who don t like to watch baseball on t v say the same thing the games are too long and too boring baseball is trying to find a way to shorten the games for wider t v appeal if you look at it though baseball games last around the same amount of time as football games the difference is that there is more action in that duration in football games perhaps if there were more action in baseball games you would get more of those fans to tune in anyway coming up with a solution to make baseball more appealing to a bigger crowd is going to be difficult on soapbox yet another reason to get a commisioner now since it s obvious that ruling baseball by comittee works about as fast as a snail race in nebraska off soapbox steve steve conroy conroy terminus saic com i m gone man solid gone science applications baloo international corporation
