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Saturday, December 18, 2010

Extra inning rule

By Tangotiger, 11:09 AM

We’ve talked about this a few times.  I see no problem with starting the 10th or 12th inning with a runner on 2B.  It’s still baseball because, well, having a runner on 2B with 0 outs happens all the time.

What other options are available, if the intent is to complete the game quicker?  Could you for example accept a 4-out inning?  Those also happen, sort of, with errors.  So, it’s not like it’s unbaseball.  Could you start each batter with a 1-0 count?

Please, if you are thinking “HR Derby”, leave this site, and never ever come back.  HR Derby scenarios never happen in baseball.  It’s an argument that a VP from Fox News would make.

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