Hurry up! Baseball takes too long.

Day -589. #WorldCup2018

When I found out that the US Open was the only Grand Slam tennis tournament to introduce a tie-breaker in the 5th set because otherwise the match was too long for American TV my perception was that Americans like a quick result in their sports. And as I grew more aware of Americans and their views on football (around 1994) it seemed one of their issues with the game was that there were long periods of play with nothing happening.

It's ironic to me then that two of the most American of American games go on forever, baseball and NFL football. Here I am watching Game 7 (seven, they've played 7 games) of the World Series of baseball, into the 4th hour and we still don't have a winner. Watching baseball at home we sometimes switch channels and watch another half hour show during the game. Or we can put the kids to bed and do the other end of day jobs that need to be done, come back to the game and still feel like we haven't missed anything. If you are at the stadium you can easily go off to get a beer, at the bar across the street, and be right back into the game when you get back to your seat.

Imagine doing that with football. I couldn't. It's only 90 minutes. I rush to get everything done in the 15 minutes at half time.

Coming up to 3.5 hrs now and we're still going. But it is exciting. I can't deny that. 9th inning, 6-6. This could go to extra innings. And there isn't even sudden death or a penalty shoot-out. These Americans need a lesson in how to achieve a result.

Update: just short of 5 hours after the start we have a winner. Chicago Cubs. Only took them 108 years since the last one. And I can't believe I am watching and writing about baseball. Oh, how times have changed.