Phil Rosenthal: Despite length, epic World Series Game 5 held viewers' attention

Americans are binge-watching the World Series, sitting through 5 hours, 17 minutes of baseball Sunday night into Monday morning as if it were a new season of "Orange is the New Black."

Baseball is too long, too late and apparently too hard to resist, even if some - especially the next generation of would-be fans - can't stick it out.

That the Astros' 10-inning, 13-12 Game 5 victory over the Dodgers