GOODYEAR, Ariz. – If there is one major takeaway from watching Major League Baseball adopt a pitch clock, the lesson is fans should make sure they arrive on time.
The Cincinnati Reds played a spring training game last week in a blistering one hour, 52 minutes. The 112-minute game still featured a combined five runs and 12 hits. A time of game that seemed unimaginable in recent seasons is just another sign of the sport’s quickened pace.
How much faster are games?
The average time of a Reds game during spring training was two hours, 36 minutes.