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MLB introduces drastic changes to cut down length of games

Major League Baseball is saving itself from itself. And not a moment too soon.

For the 2023 season which begins on March 30, MLB is instituting even more drastic changes to cut down on the length of games, which have grown to alarming, interest-killing lengths.

The two-hour pitching duel has long ago gone the route of the dodo bird. Games had gradually evolved into drawn out snoozefests during the 21st century.

In the 2022 season, the average length of contests was three hours, three minutes and 44 seconds.

This represented a small drop from a season earlier when several minor adjustments were made to reduce the all-time high of three hours, 10 minutes and five seconds set in 2021.

Those changes (limiting mound visits, making a relief pitcher face a minimum of three batters etc) had helped a little, but were not nearly enough.

So MLB execs decided to make some…

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