Here’s a good article about how baseball is really awful and even has some smart thoughts from a local blogger who hopes to help save the game from itself.
Baseball has never been more beset by inaction. Games this season saw an average gap of 3 minutes, 48 seconds between balls in play, an all-time high. There were more pitcher substitutions than ever, the most time between pitches on record and longer games than ever.
Source: The Downside of Baseball’s Data Revolution—Long Games, Less Action – WSJ