The more things change ...
[T]he game lasted 4 hours and 30 minutes - just two hours and a-half too long. ... If the contest had lasted another minute everybody would have gone to sleep.
While the writer of this July 5, 1869 game recap does not call for robots, after ranting about "the stupidity of the Umpire", he suggests a dog be hired for the next game.
And a score of 38-27, but neither team could manage to score in every inning? ... No zeroes in the box score, though.