Tick-tock

Unless you’re an Astros’ fan, last night’s 7-2 Houston win over the Braves was a pretty boring affair. What’s worse than a ballgame that drags on for three hours and eleven minutes? Why, one that takes four hours and six, that’s what. Atlanta’s 6-2 win in game one on Tuesday clocked in at a mind-numbing four-plus hours. Somehow, baseball has let its crown jewel turn into a never-ending reel of commercials for FOX TV. What’s crap on TV? Check the FOX promos to find out. Starting in December, baseball owners and players will start negotiating a new collective-bargaining agreement; it won’t be pretty. But will it be any worse than what FOX is doing to the World Series right now?