I looked up the 1938 box scores for Johnny Vander Meer's no-hitters on baseball-reference.com. I couldn't believe how short all the game times were, so here's what I did (yes, I have no life -- and too much if it is wasted on between-pitch rituals by batters and pitchers). To get a small sampling, I looked at two-week stretches of Reds games (9-inning games only) from May 1-15 of 1938, 1975 and 2013. Here are the average game times:
2013: 3:07
1975: 2:38
1938: 2:05
For World Series, I did 7-game series (to get a better sampling; 9-inning games only) for 2011, 1975 and 1940. Average game times were:
2011: 3:30
1975: 2:38
1940: 2:04 (Can you imagine a Game 7 of 1:47?)
At this rate, those of you still around in 5-6 decades will be watching (or not) games that average 4 hours!
What are your solutions?