Former star Ichiro Suzuki getting ready for an at bat.
On this exact day in 1919, the fastest Major League Baseball game ever took place. It was between the Giants and the Phillies with the Giants winning 6-1 in only 51 minutes. This is so significant because the average time of an MLB game now is at an all time high of 3 hours and 5 minutes. Considering there are 9 innings in total and 17 or 18 half innings in a baseball game means that each half inning took just under 3 minutes. Especially with TV timeouts and replay reviews being around today, I highly doubt any game will ever come close to breaking this record.
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