Most of MLB's new rules are actually pretty easy to get behind. Defensive shifts were very effective, but the optics of actually watching them in games was pretty bad and the game isn't "lesser" for ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Beginning with the 2027 season, a double first base will be required in high school baseball games to minimize the risk of collisions by runners and fielders. The rule revision was one ...

It's the rule you love to hate (or maybe you love it! Which is fine!) in Major League Baseball: When teams reached extra innings in 2024, a runner was automatically put on second base to start the ...

Nothing in sports is as consistent and verifiable as the idea of home-field advantage. It’s a given, regardless of the sport. Academics and analysts can (and do) spend their careers trying to figure ...

If you aren’t a fan of Major League Baseball’s automatic runner rules for extra innings, you have an ally in Scott Van Pelt. The rule that saw an automatic runner be placed on second base after the ...

If baseball were a Hollywood celebrity we would say the game has undergone undeniably noticeable cosmetic work to change its appearance. A myriad of rule changes constitutes more of a facelift for ...

Indians pitcher Mike Clevinger didn't hold back when speaking to the media Saturday on if he liked the new "automatic runner" rule in extra innings for the 60-game 2020 season. The pitcher said that ...

After the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays battled through an 18-inning colossus to decide Game 3 of the World Series, the argument of whether or not a 'ghost runner' should be permitted in ...

The MLB Playoffs are here, which means there's plenty of baseball to watch and teams to root for. Inevitably (whether you hate it or love it), there might be a time when a game heads to extra innings.