Good morning Birdland,
October baseball is drastically different from regular season baseball. Roster construction is changed, strategy is altered, and with all of that comes a unique flow to the games once we reach the fall. The pace typically slows. The Dodgers 6-5 win over the Braves took four hours and 14 minutes to play nine innings. As I write this, the Red Sox-Astros game is two hours old and only half over.
Online baseball knowers believe that this means there is a problem. Allow ESPN’s Buster Olney explain:
There is a desperate need for the MLB, the Players Association to talk about all the pitching changes, and restoring the preeminence of the starting pitchers.