That mess Saturday reminded me of a legendary 1-0 game played 50 years ago.
Sunday, October 13, 2013 2 games, 2 runs, 2 questions.
1. Could yesterday's two final four tournament games have been more boring? ...
Saturday, October 12, 2013, 8:00pm, Fenway Park
Attendance: 38,210, Time of Game: 3:56
Tigers 1, Red Sox 0 ...
164+158=322 pitches
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Wednesday, June 12, 2013 Marichal v. Spahn July 2, 1963: pitch counts.
W: Juan Marichal (13-3) 16 innings
L: Warren Spahn (11-4) 15.33 innings
Tuesday, July 2, 1963 Candlestick Park
Attendance: 15,921, Time of Game: 4:10
16 innings. Giants 1, Braves 0. Willie Mays hit his 15th home run of 1963; 1 for 6...
For this legendary 16 inning game:
Pitches per batter faced:
Marichal 3.61
Spahn 3.07
xPCE:
Marichal 217
Spahn 172
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217+172=389: estimated number of pitches thrown by Marichal and 42 year old Spahn. That's 77 more pitches than in the 9 inning Tiger - Red Sox game, which had several pitchers for each team. Yet the 1963 16 inning game took about the same amount of time as the 9 inning 2013 game.
Time of games:
2013: 3 hours, 56 minutes
1963: 4 hours, 10 minutes
What happened to baseball over those 50 years? How did we let it become such a boring mess? What's wrong with people who remain deaf, dumb and blind to this, insisting that nothing is wrong?
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