[PeteBooth]

The Angels / Yanks Game the other night took 4 hrs and approx 20 minutes to complete. IMO a joke

I realize we have traditionalists who say that baseball is great because there is no Time clock involved etc., however when you start having games go into the 4 hour range (not even extra innings), IMO it goes beyond being rediculous.

Also, I don't know about you but umpiring behind the dish for over 4 hours - I don't think so. We talk about umpire consistency etc., but IMO just like when we played, when the game moves are timing is better.

For the most part if you have a bad game calling balls / strikes besides F1's not having control it probably means the game was dragging and you couldn't get into any sort of rythem.

Eevn though MLU's get paid very well they are also human and 4 hours behind the dish IMO is way too long. I don't know if we will see it in our lifetime but ultimately baseball will need to change this or start losing fans.

MLB has become boring. Get the ball, pitch it, field it and let's go. After all that's what the greats did, Bob Gibson, Sandy Kofax, Tom Seaver etc. They all had one thing in common - Quick games.

Maybe it's time for MLB to get some sort of Time clock or something. I know commercials add time, but some of the "other" stuff can be improved, like visits to the mound,etc. In other words, one TIME Out ONLY each inning and that lasts only a minute.

None of this: F2 visists F1, slowly walks back to his position and then the pitching coach comes out and takes that slow walk to the mound and finally the manager comes out changes F1 and of cource another commercial.

Also, some F1's namely Appier need to deliver the pitch in a reasonable time. Another F1 who takes forever is Traxel of the Mets.

IMO baseball needs to speed-up their games. I can't rememeber the last time I actually watched a baseball game from beginning to end in it's entirety.

Pete Booth