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Thursday, August 26, 2010
Average duration of game
I love it when all the information is right there in one chart:
My strongest early memories of baseball, my most enjoyable as well, is 1978-1987. So to me, a game should be 155-160 minutes long (up to 2:35-2:40). That’s also pretty close to the average NHL game. The current pace is 175 minutes, which is 15-20 minutes longer than I’m used to. That’s one minute an inning.
And, I am sure if we looked, the between-inning break has probably risen by one minute per inning. One little minute… that’s what’s causing me so much grief? I guess so. The commercials make it seem interminable.