One of the biggest issues with Major League baseball the last few years is the pace of play. The issue has now crept into College Baseball as the College World Series games heading into the Finals tonight have averaged 3 hours and 30 minutes which is the longest since the 2009 season where it was 3:38.
The NCAA has recognized this as Ben Brownlee, the N.C.A.A. assistant director who oversees championships and playing rules was quoted by the New York Times saying:
“If you’re on the field for four and a half hours and it’s 15 innings, sure, I can understand that length, but when it’s almost four and a half hours for a regular nine-inning game that isn’t all that fluky, then there needs to be something to try to address those issues.”
This issue doesn’t just happen in Omaha as the N.C.A.A. Tournament Regional and Super Regional games averaged 3:18 even though ESPN had cut commercials between half innings down to 1:50 from the standard of two minutes.
You can check out the full article from the New York Times by clicking here.
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