(07-09-2018 03:56 PM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  

(07-09-2018 02:37 PM)stever20 Wrote:  1 thing that is really remarkable about it- i remember touching on it real early this season with the Dodgers- is the number of extra inning games....

2017 had 182 extra inning games. 2018 has had 121 already- on pace for about 219.

but this year has been crazy with longer games....

at least 12 innings- last year 44. This year 51.(on pace for 92)
at least 14 innings- last year 12. This year 15. (on pace for 27)
total extra innings- last year 377 this year 301 (on pace for 546)

Given all this- it's remarkable the game times are down as much as they are.

game times are down? If anything I figured they were up

yeah time has gone down from 3:08 last year to 3:04 this year. remarkable given all of the extra innings. per 9 innings it's down from 3:05 to 2:59. I think the big reason there is the mound visit rules. I think they have really done the job with that.