MLB extra inning rule?

Bucky

EOG Dedicated
I really like starting out each half inning with a runner at second base.

That being said it still took the Twins/Brewers 3 full innings to get a run across.

Really spawned some interesting defensive strategy. When the Twins got Buxton to third the Brewers brought Braun in from right field to play 3b. 5 infielders and thell played in for the bunt.

Twins has executed a safety squeeze earlier in the game.

With all these crazy shifts - absolutely every player needs to learn how to burn the shift with a bunt!
 

Bucky

EOG Dedicated
The Twins almost had it won in an earlier inning with the 2nd base thing/ with no outs - broken bat dribbler to the right side and the first basement charged hard to get the runner going to third. Throws a laser seed in the dirt from in front of the pitchers mound.

One hops the 3b guy but he picks it and tags the runner out. Sits back on his butt and must have thought wtf was that?

Ball had to be on his glove side or he has no chance.
 

jimmythegreek

The opening odds start here
It has worked out better than expected in an experimented pandemic situation. However, if it is to transpire shorter games, it once again defeats the integrity of the game. What did both teams do to inherit a runner in scoring position? And when first discussed a year or so before this season, I thought the runner at 2b rule was also going to start the 10th with one out too.

I still hope this rule gets done away with in '21.
 

John Kelly

Born Gambler
Staff member
Teams/players aren't equipped to play for a single run.

Everyone swings from the heels these days.

Gone are the days of moving a runner from second to third and then scoring a run without benefit of a hit.

Like Jimmy, I prefer the traditional rules of baseball.

Seeing a runner on second to start the 10th inning feels a bit contrived.

Then again, so does a pitcher exiting the game and taking with him the rosin bag.
 

jimmythegreek

The opening odds start here
I'm not sure if the statistics warrant odds in their favor, but I think the psyche of the home team is at a disadvantage knowing that at least scoring once, and maybe more runs for the visitors in the top half of the inning changes the strategy and demeanor, putting pressure and making it more difficult to win despite last licks and the same RISP to start their home half Of course Manny Machado would put that suggestion to rest the other night.
 

John Kelly

Born Gambler
Staff member
Interesting point, JIMMY.

In a nine-inning game, the MLB team that scores first wins about 65% of the time.
 
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