Miller: Pitch Clocks.. Speed up game, but Players hate it

[bean5302]

1 hour ago, laloesch said:

Actually i do attend games and Commercials do drag out the games.  You do not have a monopoly on this discussion so please don't lecture me on what you think you know about my "attendance" of games.  Sorry to be blunt but IT IS TRUE that commercials drag out the game.  Removing one 20-second ad per commercial break shortens a nine inning game by a whopping five minutes and 40 seconds.  This may not seem like much to you but when you consider how many ads and commercials play throughout a game it adds up very quickly.  And yes i am aware that Commercials air between innings, during replays, etc.  They also sometimes air sometimes between pitching changes too.  You underestimate how much time is consumed by commercials.  It is also up to the fan when to take bathroom and concession breaks, historically that is between innings or the 7th.  Cutting commercials would not be negative it would be positive.  The average baseball game is still over 3 hours (which is ridiculous) when as recently as the early 80's it was 2 hours 30 minutes.   

I don't have a monopoly on the conversation, I just find your position to be totally unreasonable and unlikely for somebody who actually watches the games in person.

I'm not sure how you can technically concede your point without noticing and continue arguing you're right at the same time? Commercials occur when there is no game play action on the field. Thus, MLB could totally and completely eliminate all commercials without seeing a significant decrease in game length, evidenced by your 5 minutes and 40 seconds of game time savings potentially up for grabs in a conversation where we're talking about 20+ minutes of shorter game times with no change to breaks in the game action.

On top of it... you manage to accidentally concede your point on the fan experience while still maintaining your position. You're right, it is up to the fans to decide when they want to get up and use the bathroom or get a hot dog. As somebody who regularly attends the games, I know the vast majority do not wait for the 7th inning... when beer sales and food vendors start shutting down.

The reason I question your in game attendance is not because I think I'm better than you. It's because I feel like you'd notice the time it takes to reposition players between innings, enjoy having a couple minutes to get up and use the bathroom and realize the breaks don't have a ton of filler if you were regularly attending the games.