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.
Baseball is one of the few sports that is not timed. The average time for a baseball game has been increasing steadily over the years. As of 2004, the average time was 2 hours and 48 minutes. The longest nine inning baseball game was 4 hours and 45 minutes between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox in 2006.The shortest game was 1 hour and 15 minutes between the Cincinnati Reds and the Atlanta Braves in 1944.he average baseball game last about 2Â½ to 3 hours. Most games are regular 9 inning games. It's not rare, but is still seldom to find a game that ends before the 9th inning.