claim: "there are only 18 minutes of total action in an average baseball game."
author: snapple
evidence_1: jul 15, 2013 ... there's about 18 minutes of action in your average mlb game ... they took a stop- watch to three mlb games of varying overall length and found that ... if we'd cut  the action definition down to just the time when everyone on the ...
evidence_2: jul 16, 2013 ... but there is one thing every single fan who buys a ticket is 100% guaranteed to  see: a ... but how much actual action takes place in a baseball game? ... the  almost 18-minute average included balls in play, runner advancement .... when  we compare total action to total down time—even including debatable ...
evidence_3: jul 17, 2013 ... i got to wondering; just how many frigging commercials do they really show in  nfl games ... basketball: nba games average 2 hours and 18 minutes in actual  time. ...... in baseball, most pitches involve a total of two players.
evidence_4: jan 15, 2010 ... as many as 75 minutes, or about 60% of the total air time, excluding ... and when  they did, they were only on camera for an average of three ...
evidence_5: nov 24, 2013 ... an average professional football game lasts 3 hours and 12 minutes, but if ...  when the ball is actually in play, the action amounts to a mere 11 minutes. ... on  tv is hardly just about the game; there are plenty of advertisements ...