The tyranny of time in sports

In one sense, I prefer sports such as baseball and tennis in which the clock plays no part at all. In timed sports, the clock is a tyrant. It does not matter if you were ahead early; it does not matter if you might have surged ahead later on. It does not matter if you led for 99% of the game. The only moment that counts is when the clock expires. The clock is all-powerful.