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ProfessorGAC

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3. I Don't Have To Go Anywhere Close To That Far Back

Reply to rurallib (Reply #2)

Thu May 24, 2018, 10:17 AM

May 2018

Watching Cub games in the 60's, especially those Jenkins v. Gibson games, used to run 2:05. And that included commercial breaks between each half inning.

So, i have no doubt your estimate of 90 minutes is reasonable.

Figure 16 or 18 commercials and that adds 12 minutes, at least. Now, we only need to find another 20 minutes added over the course of around 50 years.

Pretty believable.

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Walter Johnson [View all] kairos12 May 2018 OP

I recall stories about Johnson... Eyeball_Kid May 2018 #1

back in the day when I focused on baseball I remember reading many articles rurallib May 2018 #2

I Don't Have To Go Anywhere Close To That Far Back ProfessorGAC May 2018 #3

More commercials, more pitching changes, many pick-off throws rurallib May 2018 #4