Grady Kruse considers himself a baseball purist, but he admits the length of a typical Major League Baseball game these days is maddening. He sees too much wasted time between pitches.
"They've got to do something about it," he said.
Here's one way to make a game feel quick: Attend two games in one day. Kruse jumped at that opportunity on Tuesday.
"You think I'm crazy, don't you?" he asked.
Not necessarily. Who doesn't enjoy the rare 2-for-1 special?
The Twins and Chicago White Sox played a rare traditional doubleheader at Target Field. One ticket, two games, a 45-minute break in between and 5 hours, 44 minutes of baseball viewing combined.
Kruse, a self-employed electrician, attends about 10 Twins games every season. He put doubleheader on his bucket list after seeing the Twins play a twin bill last season.
"I said if they do that again, I want to do that," he said.
This was only the second "true" doubleheader in Target Field history. Fans of a certain age can remember when doubleheaders were fairly common. They were built into the schedule and not solely a product of postponements.