[SamAdams76]

The constant pitching changes have absolutely ruined the game.

When I was a boy, I used to sit in Fenway Park and watch a double-header in about four hours. That was before the "twi-light" doubleheader nonsense where they kicked you out of the park after game one and made you pay to get back in for game 2.

Starting pitchers would normally go 7 or 8 innings on a regular basis with one reliever coming in. There were also many complete games.

[hinckley buzzard]

I remember that too, but that was before 98 mph fastballs were commonplace. The game has evolved in athleticism by leaps and bounds over the last fifty years.

[ssaftler]

That was before the "twi-light" doubleheader nonsense where they kicked you out of the park after game one and made you pay to get back in for game 2.

Sam, those are called separate admission "day-night" doubleheaders. Done mostly for make-ups of rainouts. Most home teams make these up as part of traditional doubleheaders, either afternoon games starting around 1PM, or "twi-nighters", which start around 5PM.

The Red Sox seem to have a deal to do make-ups as day/nighters. Probably because they tend to get about 90%+ attendance at every game, so making up a game as a traditional DH would force them to lose a lot of ticket revenue. Of course, in places like Oakland, where the average house is about 30-40% of capacity, combining the crowds isn't a big deal.