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So, you're saying that it really isn't anything the umpires are doing that is leading to games lasting so long, right?
Right. I doubt that anything the umpires are doing is lengthening the games. An extra 2 minutes of TV ads after every half inning adds 36 minutes to a 9-inning game. Use of specialized relievers also adds a lot of time. The first 5 World Series saw a total of 15 relief pitchers over the 29 games, and in 27 of those games, at least one pitcher went the distance. Both went the distance in 17.
In the 2005 World Series, there were 15 relief pitchers in the third game alone (31 total in the 4 games).
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