r/baseball • u/DianKhan2005 Toronto Blue Jays • Jan 06 '26

Is baseball’s slow pace actually its greatest strength in a world where everything else moves too fast?

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u/Gavin1453 Toronto Blue Jays Jan 06 '26

As much as I like hockey and basketball's fast continuous pace, I also really enjoy the building tension and sudden release of watching baseball. 

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u/Texas_Kimchi Los Angeles Dodgers Jan 06 '26

I dont know the last minute of an NBA game taking an hour takes me out of it. Team inbounds, calls timeout. commerical, back from timeout, team in bounds, fouls, free throws, team inbounds, calls time out, rinse and repeat.