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Completely agree, Griz.
I am a huge baseball fan, but the combination of my own aging and the onset of philosophies at the plate that result in a parade of interminable at bats have taken me to the point where I prefer to record the games and fast forward through innings where not much happens.
I've got to the point where I literally cannot sustain interest in the game I love because it just drags on...and on...and on, this despite the efforts to whittle away at the time between pitches and shorten mound visits.
Add in all the fidgeting, adjusting, and contemplating by both pitchers and batters, and the experience of watching game has become more tedious and less enjoyable than the game as it was pre-2004.