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.
MLB games are 8 minutes less painfully long now. Itâs still early, but MLBâs attempts at speeding up the game appear to be working. According to the league, the average game has already shortened by 8 minutes this year, bringing the 9-inning average game time under the 3-hour mark for the first time since 2011. USA TODAY Sportsâ Scott Boeck found this was true after a few games, and it appears to be holding up a week later.