Definition: Given a passage and a query based on the passage, generate an unambiguous, concise and simple answer to the query from information in the passage. Note that the answer may not be present in exact form.
Input: That's not right. It goes on for 2 days and 49 minutes. Thank you for your time and understanding. I coach Baseball and we typically go one and a half hours or six innings which ever is first. After one and a half hours the home team will be at bat last. ^^ Noo. That's not right. It goes on for 2 days and 49 minutes. The average baseball game last about 2 to 3 hours. Most games are regular 9 inning games. It's not rare, but is still seldom to find a game that ends before the 9th inning. It is somewhat common, however, to see a game last longer than 9 innings. Asker's rating. 1 Games go a bit quicker than they did a few years ago, but the average game still is roughly 3 hours long. 2 Like others have said, most games last about 2.5 to 3 hours. 3 The average is something like 2 hours, 47 minutes or something, but it largely depends on the game. I'm going to go with 3 hours because i have been to many games. Also I see that every three innings equals one hour, so 9 innings would tally up to three hours. Now there could be games that could be five hours with rain delays and extra innings. But if you're expecting baseball to cycle back as America's favorite game, you'll need to wait. And wait. And wait. A baseball game this season takes, on average, 3 hours and 8 minutes to play, through games of last week. At that pace, Major League Baseball will set a record for longest average game time in its history. Games are 13 minutes longer than they were in 2010 and 28 minutes longer than they were 30 years ago. In an age when you can have a movie delivered to your TV immediately, streaming over the Internet, baseball seems, at times, out of step. The 2015 Major League Baseball season is less than a week old, but there are signs that changes designed to increase the pace of play in the league are having an effect. In the 35 nine-inning games played through last night, the average length of a MLB game has been 2 hours, 52 minutes, according to Michael Teevan, spokesperson for Major League Baseball. In the comparable period from 2014, there were 33 nine-inning games that averaged 3 hours, 1 minute 9 minutes more than so far this year. For the entire 2014 season, the average length of games was just one minute more than the opening stretch at 3:02. The pace of the game has slowed dramatically over the years. In 1981, the average length of games was 2:33. There is nothing wrong with long games if there is enough baseball to fill the hours. But a lot of today's 3-hour games should be 2 hours and 40 minutes. And the postseason often does not have games, but epochs. Asker's rating. 1 Games go a bit quicker than they did a few years ago, but the average game still is roughly 3 hours long. It is hard to give a definite time on a game, because a lot of it is going to depend on how the game is played. 2 Like others have said, most games last about 2.5 to 3 hours. But time of the game depends on nature of what's going on in the game. If the ballgame is a low scoring pitchers duel going into the late innings, the game will go by pretty fast as the pitchings coaches are less likely to make trips to the mound every other inning. Games go a bit quicker than they did a few years ago, but the average game still is roughly 3 hours long. It is hard to give a definite time on a game, because a lot of it is going to depend on how the game is played. If the final score is 1-0 and there are only a few hits/walks in the game, than it will last closer to 2.5 hours. However, if the final score is 15-10 and there are multiple people on base every inning than a game could last 4 hours. In the 35 nine-inning games played through last night, the average length of a MLB game has been 2 hours, 52 minutes , according to Michael Teevan, spokesperson for Major League Baseball. Query: how long does a typical pre-season baseball game last
Output:
A baseball game this season takes, on average, 3 hours and 8 minutes to play, through games of last week.