One of its members was Thomas Jefferson, a lawyer from Virginia. He had been a leader in Virginia, and Virginia had elected him to the Continental Congress. The others on the committee were too busy with the revolution to work on the declaration, so Jefferson wrote it alone.
Major League Baseball is vowing to shorten the average length of its games. Officials have other ideas in mind in an effort to move things along. Last year's average was 2 hours and 54 minutes. Under the theory that most baseball games should not last longer than Ben-Hur, action is being taken.
Getty Images. Early on, the length of Major League Baseball games is at an all-time high and the new replay system appears to be a big reason for the slowed down pace. So far, there have been 48 games played with instant replay and those games have averaged 3 hours, 5 minutes.