That Extra Innings Rule

Source: worldseriesdreaming.com --- Sunday, March 25, 2018
I was fighting some insomnia late last night when I saw an article about how minor league Baseball field staff, players, and executives thought about the new extra-innings rule : “At all levels of Minor League Baseball, extra innings will begin with a runner on second base.” Whatever the motivation, the new rule immediately generated an avalanche of incredulous, if not downright negative, fan-driven social media conversation. But what do those within Minor League Baseball think about it? To answer that question, MiLB.com’s Sam Dykstra, Ben Hill, Josh Jackson and Tyler Maun surveyed individuals working at a number of different positions within Minor League Baseball’s vast ecosystem. Their perspectives varied, but taken as a whole seem to suggest those within the game have more quickly embraced the rule than those outside of it. We have talked a bit about the pace of play stuff in the past, including the mound visits and just keeping the dead time to a minimum . I am generally in favor of keeping the game flowing, because I prefer to see action than inaction, like most of us. However, Baseball is also about relaxing, and there’s something to be said about weirdness during and between plays as well. I believe most of the issue stems from Baseball becoming a three true outcomes sport due to analytics coercing players to change their approaches to generate more fly balls (therefore waiting for more hittable pitches becoming strikeout ...

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