Whoever first decided that baseball games, known for their slowly-unfolding narratives and leisurely turns, should instead operate quickly, would have been been beside themselves watching the start of Tuesday night’s MLB game between the San Francisco Giants and New York Mets.
If you’re one of those sweet folks who realizes at 6:46 p.m. that the game started at 6:45, and then grabs a beer before turning on the TV, you likely missed the top half of the first inning, when Logan Webb set down the side on just eight pitches. You might even have missed the bottom half of the inning, when Luis Severino did the same, but on 12 pitches.