As we get years away from the steroid era it is amazing how much pitching has improved.
I love it. I would much rather watch a well pitched, fast paced, 1-0 game than a 9-8 slugfest with 6 pitching changes dragging it out to nearly 4 hours.
Even with the lengthened commercial time between innings, the Halladay game took 2:34 and the Lincecum game took 2:26.