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Concessionaire's dream is a slow game

By Darren Rovell
ESPN.com

Saturday, October 22, 2005

Lloyd Rutzky might be working a little bit faster than usual on Sunday night. That's because the 57-year-old vendor, who has been selling various items at Cubs and White Sox games since 1965, knows that Mark Buehrle is pitching for the White Sox in Game 2. Buehrle is the eighth fastest pitcher in the American League, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Games he has started have averaged 2 hours and 41 minutes. That's six minutes longer than league leader Carlos Silva of the Minnesota Twins a ...

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