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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 10 Jul 2012

    .@AllStarGame: Baseball is ideal for talking & tweeting & tracking stats. Only 30-min of actual playing time in a 3-hr game.

    5:50 PM - 10 Jul 2012
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      1. Bill P[umpkins]‏Verified account @Bill_TPA 10 Jul 2012
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        Compared to 11 min in NFL MT @neiltyson Baseball is ideal for talking tweeting & tracking stats. 30-min of actual playing time in 3-hr game

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      1. Josh Rovner‏ @JoshRovner 10 Jul 2012
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        @neiltyson WSJ studied this. There's far less action in an NFL game (14 minutes vs. 11) : http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704281204575002852055561406.html … http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704281204575002852055561406.html …

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      1. Moury Minhaz‏ @MouryM 10 Jul 2012
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        @neiltyson we wish you were at the #AMNHtweetup !!!!

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      1. Bridget Murray‏ @thatbiddymurray 11 Jul 2012
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        @neiltyson try cricket lasts 4 days, about 29 minutes of things actually happening, and often it draws. could spectate and write a book..

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      1. Kenneth Gordon‏ @Dalgarven 11 Jul 2012
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        @neiltyson Sounds like American football 1 hour of play squeezed into 4 hours.

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      1. Brenda Creighton‏ @BrendaCreighton 11 Jul 2012
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        @neiltyson That is what makes hockey a bettter game. All play, pretty well all the time. @BrendaCreighton

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      1. James Ross‏ @jamesleoross 11 Jul 2012
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        @neiltyson @AllStarGame And plenty of time for older men and women to trash talk younger guys

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      1. Lloyd Danon‏ @LloydD 10 Jul 2012
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        .@neiltyson that's one reason to follow #football. You always get 90 minutes. Best deal in sports @TotalMLS

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      1. Paul‏ @PaulRoett 10 Jul 2012
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        @neiltyson average NFL game only has 11-12 minutes of action out of 3+ hours of real time.

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      1. CL‏ @tw1ggs 10 Jul 2012
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        @neiltyson @allstargame isn't it more like 90 seconds per game? (measured from pitch to dead ball)

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      1. Bass Ackwards‏ @hm3clayton 10 Jul 2012
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        @neiltyson @AllStarGame Now the molehill under that mountain!

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      1. Reverend B-Greezy‏ @ReverendBGreezy 10 Jul 2012
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        @neiltyson Watch hockey instead! Less tweetin, more action. With all the gliding you can tweet about momentum. #LAKings #StanleyCupChampions

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      1. Gary Kapit‏ @GaryKapit 10 Jul 2012
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        @neiltyson @AllStarGame 30 minutes seems optimistic.

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      1. J. A. C.‏ @Ja78Sun 10 Jul 2012
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        @neiltyson @AllStarGame Even less in football, although I challenge your "playing time" in babseball.

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      1. Michael DeLeon‏ @therealdeleon 10 Jul 2012
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        @neiltyson @allstargame Baseball is ideal for sleeping, even for the players.

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      1. J Dutch Freeman‏ @NW49ERFAITHFUL 10 Jul 2012
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        @neiltyson @AllStarGame that's why beer is sold.

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      1. Terry Sherb‏ @TerrySherb 10 Jul 2012
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        @neiltyson @AllStarGame did you see Stealth flyover?

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