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		Arainach 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Baseball durations after the pitch clock Pandering to the few diehards who can pay attention to more than 100 games a year on every day of the week including weekdays for 4+ hours at a time is not a sustainable way to build or maintain interest in your sport in newer generations.

canthonytucci 5 months ago [–]

Just let it die with dignity. Baseball’s subtlety and pacing is incompatible with the current zeitgeist.

Desperately gimmickicng it up isn’t going to save it.

See also NASCAR’s fake cautions that make the first 3/4 of the race pointless.

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