Couch Slouch: ; Speed Up Baseball, Ban All Yankee-Red Sox Games

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So umpire Joe West recently complained about how long Red Sox- Yankees games take to play - "it's pathetic and embarrassing," he said - setting off a minor firestorm about baseball's slow pace. Now, I'll let you be the judge about Red Sox-Yankees games - there's undoubtedly one on TV at this very moment - and let me be the judge about baseball's slow pace.

The line at the post office is slow. Baseball is slower.

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Couch Slouch: ; Speed Up Baseball, Ban All Yankee-Red Sox Games

Granted, complaining that baseball is too slow is like complaining that Too Tall Jones is too tall. Part of the game's appeal is its leisurely pace. But there's a fine line between leisurely and languid, just like there's a fine line b...

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