During the 2003 season Major League Baseball took steps to s

During the 2003 season, Major League Baseball took steps to speed up the play of baseball games in order to maintain fan interest (CNN Headline News, September 30, 2003). The following results come from a sample of 60 games played during the summer of 2002 and a sample of 50 games played during the summer of 2003. The sample mean shows the mean duration of the games included in each sample.