![Lev Akabas on X: "The average MLB game was 24 minutes shorter than last season Attendance at ballparks was +9.6% YoY Coincidence? Read more: https://t.co/0IMElA3GLX https://t.co/UeSk6dPEOw" / X Lev Akabas on X: "The average MLB game was 24 minutes shorter than last season Attendance at ballparks was +9.6% YoY Coincidence? Read more: https://t.co/0IMElA3GLX https://t.co/UeSk6dPEOw" / X](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F7h_VblWMAAYVXh.jpg:large)
Lev Akabas on X: "The average MLB game was 24 minutes shorter than last season Attendance at ballparks was +9.6% YoY Coincidence? Read more: https://t.co/0IMElA3GLX https://t.co/UeSk6dPEOw" / X
![MLB threw 120 years of history in the trash by adding a clock. Now fans are flocking to games and baseball is so freaking back. MLB threw 120 years of history in the trash by adding a clock. Now fans are flocking to games and baseball is so freaking back.](https://cdn.businessinsider.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/647e2301a52c4b001936a652.png?ver=1685992147)
MLB threw 120 years of history in the trash by adding a clock. Now fans are flocking to games and baseball is so freaking back.
![MLB Opening Day games 26 minutes shorter vs. last year's average: How the pitch clock performed - The Athletic MLB Opening Day games 26 minutes shorter vs. last year's average: How the pitch clock performed - The Athletic](https://cdn.theathletic.com/app/uploads/2023/03/30202132/GettyImages-1478165955.jpg)