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Perhaps you saw the final out of the World Series Wednesday night when San Francisco defeated Kansas City by a 3-2 score in Game 7 to win their third title in five years. Or perhaps, like a lot of people, you went to bed before it was over. Thats because the game was not just the seventh game of the series. It was the seventh game of the series that eclipsed the three-hour mark. And while three-hour baseball games arent at all unusual these days, they shouldnt be the rule. Especially not in a 3-2 game where there was just one run scored after the second inning... and exactly three hits – combined – after the fourth. By comparison, the 1985 World Series, which also involved the Kansas City Royals in a seven-game series, had not a single game that eclipsed the three-hour mark. But in todays age, where highlights and information are available to everyone, where our phones are going off at all hours of the day and evening and demands of the workplace and life in general seem limitless, theres no way the average post-season baseball game should be three-and-a-half hours. Theres a reason things like Twitter have taken off in this day and age... because it gives us what we want instantly. Baseball needs to take a lesson from the world of 140 characters. Another comparison, if you will. San Franciscos Game 1 win over Kansas City featured just 14 hits and seven walks. There were just three runs scored by both teams after the fourth inning and, of the five pitching changes, only two occurred in the middle of an inning. The game took three hours and 32 minutes. Game 1 of the 1985 series had one more hit and the same number of walks as this years opener between the Royals and Giants, but somehow managed to wrap-up in 44 minutes less. None of this should come as a surprise since this past season, the average length of a major league game crossed the three-hour mark for the very first time. Its one thing to ask football fans to invest three-plus hours per week to follow their favourite team. But since Major League Baseball teams play six or seven games per week, shorter games are a must. One of the beautiful things about baseball has been its timelessness, the idea that the length of a game in time is completely subject to what occurs in it. But the problem is not that extraordinary baseball games are taking a long time to play, its that dead-ordinary games have turned into marathons as well. Some of the lengthening of baseball games comes from changes in tactics, such as the frequency of managers changing pitchers or the tendency of hitters to take more pitches, especially at the start of a count. And then there are the advertisements, as in more of them, which are contributing to the mess. In fact, if you want to see a window into baseballs future, dont look at the World Series. Look at whats happening right now in the Arizona Fall League, which is being used as a laboratory for ways to shorten the length of games. Thats where they are setting time limits between pitches, between innings and for pitching changes. Batters are required to keep a foot in the batters box between pitches, and the occurrence of intentional walks happens automatically. No one wants to see a clock in baseball but horrendous TV ratings for this World Series will be the catalyst to bring change. Because baseball needs to adapt and understand that, when youre competing for peoples attention in this day and age, less is more. Sammy Baugh Youth Jersey . - Florida State has suspended Jameis Winston for the entire game against Clemson on Saturday, extending its initial punishment of one half after the quarterback made offensive and vulgar comments about female anatomy earlier this week. 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Stanley, a fourth-year business administration student from Charlottetown, scored both goals in a 2-0 win over Dalhousie on Friday and tallied again in a 1-0 win over Saint Marys on Sunday.WASHINGTON -- Pinch-hitter Scott Hairstons sacrifice fly with one out in the 11th inning scored Jayson Werth to give the Washington Nationals a 6-5 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday night and complete a three-game sweep. Werth, who had missed the last five games with a bothersome shoulder, entered the game as a pinch-hitter in the ninth and doubled leading off the 11th against Brandon Cumpton (3-4). Werth went to third on Denard Spans grounder to first. Hairston then sent Cumptons first pitch to deep left and Werth scored easily after the catch. Ross Detwiler (2-2) pitched two innings for the win. Span and Anthony Rendon had two hits each for National League East-leading Washington, which has won six straight. The Pirates have lost five straight for the first time since September 2012. Both closers blew save chances in the ninth. Trailing 4-2 entering the inning, the Pirates got one run on a wild pitch and took a 5-4 lead on Gregory Polancos two-run double off Rafael Soriano. Washington rallied against Matt Melancon in their half, however. Asdrubal Cabreras one-out single off the glove of a diving Neil Walker scored Werth, who had walked, from second with the tying run. Washington starter Doug Fister allowed two unearned runs while striking out five. He hasnt given up an earned run in his last 22 1-3 innings. The Nationals trailed 2-1 before a successful challenge started a seventh-inning rally. A pitch to Michael Taylor was called a foul balll by home plate umpire Andy Fletcher as Taylor started towards first.dddddddddddd. Manager Matt Williams challenged, saying the 2-1 pitch hit Taylors hand, and the call was overturned upon review. Pinch-hitter Kevin Frandsen and Span singled to load the bases. Cabrera, facing reliever Jared Hughes, grounded to first baseman Ike Davis. Davis threw high to home, the ball deflecting off Russell Martins glove as Taylor scored. As the ball rolled up the third-base line, Frandsen raced home as well, putting Washington ahead 3-2. Rendon then grounded to Pedro Alvarez, who threw high to home for another error, allowing Span to score the Nationals fourth run. Errors by Washingtons Ian Desmond and Rendon helped the Pirates take a 2-0 lead in the sixth. The Nationals cut it to 2-1 in the sixth on Desmonds two-out RBI-single. TRAINERS ROOM Pirates: RHP Charlie Morton was placed on the 15-day disabled list with right hip inflammation. Nationals: RF Jayson Werth, who sat out the last five games due to a bothersome right shoulder, walked as a pinch hitter in the ninth and stayed in the game in right. UP NEXT Pirates: RH Vance Worley (5-2, 2.51) goes against Atlanta on Monday as Pittsburgh opens a three-game homestand. Hes 1-2 with a 5.81 ERA in seven career appearances (five starts) against the Braves. Nationals: Jordan Zimmermann (8-5, 2.92) opposes visiting Arizona in the first of four games. He is 2-0 with a 1.37 ERA in his last three starts. 21:17ET 17-08-14 ' ' '