{"id":1848227,"date":"2023-02-15T11:06:53","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T16:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1848227"},"modified":"2023-02-15T11:17:51","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T16:17:51","slug":"modernizing-the-game-mlb-permanently-installs-extra-innings-automatic-baserunner-on-second-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/modernizing-the-game-mlb-permanently-installs-extra-innings-automatic-baserunner-on-second-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Modernizing the Game: MLB Permanently Installs Extra Innings Automatic Baserunner on Second"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmodernizing-the-game-mlb-permanently-installs-extra-innings-automatic-baserunner-on-second-2%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1848227&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div id=\"jw\">\n<h2 class=\"g1-delta\"><span>OutKick Videos<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Major League Baseball is hated by baseball purists <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/mlb-to-officially-adopt-pitch-clock-defensive-shift-limits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Initiated a new rule<\/a> In the 10th innings, the teams will place a runner at second base to open the inning. The MLB extra innings automatic baserunner will not disappear. <\/p>\n<p>The goal is to limit extra innings in regular-season games. This does not apply to playoff games. <\/p>\n<p>It is a great idea. While it\u2019s fun to see a game in the 18th inning from the comfort of your couch, the reality is that baseball games are long. These games are also played through the bullpen and can set teams back. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1241374781.jpg\" alt=\"I&#039;m all for the permanent institution of the MLB extra innings automatic baserunner\" class=\"wp-image-509328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1241374781.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1241374781-300x200-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1241374781-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1241374781-561x374-1.jpg 561w, https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GettyImages-1241374781-265x177.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1241374781-531x354-1.jpg 531w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1241374781-364x243-1.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1241374781-728x486-1.jpg 728w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1241374781-608x406-1.jpg 608w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1241374781-758x506-1.jpg 758w, https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GettyImages-1241374781-72x48.jpg 72w, https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GettyImages-1241374781-144x96.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1241374781-600x400-1.jpg 600w\"   style=\"display:none\"><figcaption>I\u2019m all for the permanent institution of the MLB extra innings automatic baserunner. (Photo via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There\u2019s just no need to do that, especially during a 162-game season when single games are generally of minor consequence. <\/p>\n<p>I want to end on a quick note before I continue. For the love and honor of God, please do not refer to this runner by the name &#8220;The Runner&#8221;. \u201cghost runner.\u201d Back in the day, when you played ball with your buddies, there generally weren\u2019t enough players to bat and run the bases. <\/p>\n<p>This is how the \u201cghost runner\u201d Oder \u201cghosty\u201d The runner was theoretically kept alive in situations where there were no human beings on the bases. <\/p>\n<p>Major League Baseball puts a physical runner at second base. It&#8217;s not a ghost. A real human being. <\/p>\n<p>Und, out Und Unsurprisingly und Moreover uns Des all All of course Let us let me put them asociat set des \u201cghosty\u201d This represented a player who had achieved this base. These rules allow this player to be placed there. This player is placed there because of the rules in multiple ways. \u201cghost runner.\u201d Stop calling him this. <\/p>\n<p>Tangent over. <\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-mlb-finally-embracing-modern-times-with-extra-innings-baserunner\">MLB now embraces modern times by adding extra innings for baserunner <\/h2>\n<p>Although I grew up playing ball, I have never subscribed to the belief that rules should be kept just because \u201cthat\u2019s the way it\u2019s always been.\u201d I don\u2019t go to games to watch pitchers hit. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13memphis.com\/news\/trending\/mlb-commissioner-rob-manfred-announces-agreement-universal-dh\/575VUYKLPBHZLJK24EG25FXZ6E\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Universal DH was way past due<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m also not sitting through a 6-hour game in the middle of July. I have no issues with the automatic runners. <\/p>\n<p>Robot umps? Good. It&#8217;s important to make the calls correctly. The only reason we know Angel Hernandez\u2019 name is because he\u2019s bad at his job. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1402119995.jpg\" alt=\"We need guys like Angel Hernandez to have less impact on MLB games, not more.\" class=\"wp-image-509334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1402119995.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1402119995-300x200-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1402119995-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1402119995-561x374-1.jpg 561w, https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GettyImages-1402119995-265x177.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1402119995-531x354-1.jpg 531w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1402119995-364x243-1.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1402119995-728x486-1.jpg 728w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1402119995-608x406-1.jpg 608w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1402119995-758x506-1.jpg 758w, https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GettyImages-1402119995-72x48.jpg 72w, https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GettyImages-1402119995-144x96.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1402119995-600x400-1.jpg 600w\" \/><figcaption>Angel Hernandez must have a smaller impact on MLB games than other players. (Photo by Dylan Buell\/Getty Images).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The strike zone has an effect on every pitch in a baseball game. It\u2019s more important to baseball than practically any rule in any sport. Yet, it\u2019s the one we allow the most human control. Nonsense. <\/p>\n<p>Make sure you call the right calls, and the games will be over sooner. Then let the hitters take control. <\/p>\n<p>Baseball in the modern age. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s about time. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OutKick Videos Major League Baseball is hated by baseball purists Initiated a new rule In the 10th innings, the teams will place a runner at second base to open the inning. The MLB extra innings automatic baserunner will not disappear. The goal is to limit extra innings in regular-season games. 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