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.
The average length of a baseball game is 2 hours and 58 minutes.he longer games can take over 4 hours. The longest game was between the White Sox and Brewers on May 8, 1984. The Sox won 7-6 in 8 hours and 6 minutes and 25 innings. The longest game by innings was between Brooklyn and Boston on May 1st, 1920. It ended up in a 1-1 tie after 26 innings.