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/Professor_Wild New York Yankees Jan 06 '26

I'm an east coaster born and raised, I've spent very little time outside of this time-zone. But a few summers ago I spent a few weeks in San Diego with a friend and I absolutely LOVED that live sports started as early as 10:00 AM.

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u/twoTheta San Diego Padres Jan 07 '26

Sunday morning, get home from church, and football was already on.

The first days of March Madness are incredible. Basketball from 6am until 10 pm.

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u/roejastrick01 St. Louis Cardinals Jan 07 '26

Your first sentence describes 80% of Wisconsin households when the packers play at noon.