The 2020 World Series* has come to an end with the average game lasting three hours and 37 minutes. Game six was won by the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-1 over the Tampa Bay Rays and clinched the 2020 World Series*. The Dodgers did not bat in the ninth and still the game, lasted three hours and 28 minutes. I missed on my original prediction by 12 minutes per game. I had initially said the average 2020 World Series Game would last 3:25.
Part of the reason for yet another long boring game was that the Dodgers made six pitching changes. This is not to criticize Dodgers manager Dave Roberts. It is unfortunately, the way the game is being played with too many specialists that have ruined the flow of games and removed the sport as America's past time. Overnight TV ratings for this World Series were down from last year when the Nationals beat the Astros. In Game 5, less than eight million people watched the Sunday night game aired by Fox TV. That compares to more than 12 million viewers who watched a mid-season regular season NFL game between the Seattle Seahawks and Arizona Cardinals which aired at the same time on NBC.
Baseball is an exciting game when played with a flow and at a good pace. But, this bastardization of the game we have seen for the past too many years and this COVID shortened season has left it behind the growing fan base of the other big three professional sports. Wake up MLB!
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