Friday, August 20, 2010

Baseball Games Getting Longer Over Time

Did you know that baseball games have gotten longer over time?  Since the 1970s baseball games have become over 20 minutes longer, on average.  This chart shows the length of all games from 1970 until 2009.  Interestingly, the red lines show the time when steroids are thought to have been most prevalent in baseball... which certainly correlates to the increased games times (I'll not speculate as to causation). Leave a comment about why you think baseball games are going longer.

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