Defiant Price to pace-of-play critics: 'I don't care. I'm taking my time'

David Price isn't about to rush through his deliberate pitching process in order to shorten up the Fall Classic.

The Boston Red Sox southpaw earned the victory Wednesday in Game 2 of the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers after pitching six innings and allowing just two earned runs on three hits.

And while MLB has continued to look at options to combat pace-of-play concerns - Boston's Game 1 victory ran 3 hours and 52 minutes, while Game 2 clocked in at 3 hours and 12 minutes - the 33-year-old Price doesn't share those worries.

"You're taught ever since you were a little kid to be able to slow the game down and now baseball wants to speed it up," Price said postgame, courtesy of USA TODAY Sports' A.J. Perez.

"I don't care. I'm taking my time. I know I'm slow."

According to the New York Post's Ken Davidoff, MLB postseason games have taken seven minutes longer on average compared to last year, jumping from 3 hours and 29 minutes in 2017 to 3 hours and 36 minutes this season.

However, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred indicated he's comfortable with postseason contests dragging on slightly longer, provided the opposite rings true during the regular season.

"It is human nature, when the stakes go up, things slow down a little bit," Manfred said. "I'm way more concerned about what we do from Day 1 to Day 187 (end of the regular season) than I am worried about it for a little longer or a little shorter in the postseason."