Is there a future for baseball in the UK? via cnnsport
Britons have long been accustomed to sitting through lengthy, drawn out sporting events, with action often only occurring in short bursts.
It took Novak Djokovic five hours and 16 minutes to reach the Wimbledon men's tennis final in 2018, beating Rafael Nadal in five sets in the semifinals. The final of the 2019 World Snooker Championships, held in the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, took place over four sessions, spanning two days. Then there's cricket, which takes things to a whole new level.
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