The runner on 2nd to start extra innings rule. Yes or no?

[Caulfield]

Re: The runner on 2nd to start extra innings rule. Yes or no?

I’m In the minority of kind of liking the rule.
It creates drama right at the start of extra innings. Sure it’s a little wonky and goes against of traditional aspects but baseball is allowed to evolve too.

I don’t want to see it in the playoffs though

I'm fine with base ball evolving.
but this extra inning affair is devolving
when WAR came to town, I joined the movement.
likewise, I enjoy launch angles, exit velocity, spin rate and pop times
I'm down with infield shifts, instant replay challenges, the one game wild card play-in
and the Cleveland Baseball Club search for a new name

but this goes too far
"I will not sacrifice extra innings. we've made too many compromises already, too many retreats. they invade our space, and we fall back. they assimilate entire rules, and we fall back. not again. the line must be drawn here. this far, no further"
Picard out. er, Caulfield out.
fire at will. or Manferd
*mic-drop*

[KnightTemplar]

Re: The runner on 2nd to start extra innings rule. Yes or no?

but this goes too far
"I will not sacrifice extra innings. we've made too many compromises already, too many retreats. they invade our space, and we fall back. they assimilate entire rules, and we fall back. not again. the line must be drawn here. this far, no further"
Picard out. er, Caulfield out.
fire at will. or Manferd
*mic-drop*

There is seriously something wrong with you.

[phenom1990]

Re: The runner on 2nd to start extra innings rule. Yes or no?

Is the rule only for the regular season?

[hitman23]

Re: The runner on 2nd to start extra innings rule. Yes or no?

Stupid rule. That is not baseball.

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[TheWarmWind]

Re: The runner on 2nd to start extra innings rule. Yes or no?

You can keep your baseball rules! I'll make my own baseball rules, with blackjack, and hookers!

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[Sportsfan28]

Re: The runner on 2nd to start extra innings rule. Yes or no?

Agreed, should be earned. The rule has a “what would happen if” feel to it. It’s like making a rule in boxing where each boxer has to let their opponent get one shot each without ducking/blocking if the fight is going too long. No judgment on people who like the rule but is not for me.


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How can a timed, set round boxing match go “too long” lol...


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[StonewallTexan]

Re: The runner on 2nd to start extra innings rule. Yes or no?

Stupid rule. That is not baseball.

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Yeah . . . on one hand, I want my franchise to mimic real life as much as possible (in terms of rules, etc.) . . . on the other hand, especially with PS5s near impossible to find anyway, half tempted to go back to MLB 19 before any of the new nonsense - runner on 2nd, 3-batter limit, 26-man roster - was a thing.

[ninertravel]

Re: The runner on 2nd to start extra innings rule. Yes or no?

The rule can go to hell

[Bullit]

Re: The runner on 2nd to start extra innings rule. Yes or no?

Exactly! My franchise is my own fantasy world so I don’t worry about real life.

I have even started to re name my franchise save file "My World" just to remind me of that every time I load my game. As somebody who has struggled with re starting and stuff the past year or two it helps to remember that. Bacon's Fictional Rosters have been a Blessing for that.

On topic. I am in no rush to pick up this years game. But when/if I do I will not be using this rule.

[Jr.]

Re: The runner on 2nd to start extra innings rule. Yes or no?

I like the rule. I'll be using it

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[2ndBase]

Re: The runner on 2nd to start extra innings rule. Yes or no?

How can a timed, set round boxing match go “too long” lol...


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Touché, good point, should have gone with when the pace of the boxing match is perceived as too boring and not too long. Good catch. But I’m definitely in the fire manfred crowd. I think manfred is too corporate and has no interest in baseball. He seems to want the money to drive the game instead of the game drive the money. What didn’t meet our quarterly target, need a rule change.

[Sportsfan28]

Re: The runner on 2nd to start extra innings rule. Yes or no?

Touché, good point, should have gone with when the pace of the boxing match is perceived as too boring and not too long. Good catch. But I’m definitely in the fire manfred crowd. I think manfred is too corporate and has no interest in baseball. He seems to want the money to drive the game instead of the game drive the money. What didn’t meet our quarterly target, need a rule change.

Oh I agree. Manfred is a terrible commissioner. He needs to go before he changes the game even worse..


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[Caulfield]

Re: The runner on 2nd to start extra innings rule. Yes or no?

There is seriously something wrong with you.

I'm a victim of an overactive imagination.
I deserve a government check for that

Oh I agree. Manfred is a terrible commissioner. He needs to go before he changes the game even worse..

next up for Manferd to shorten games:
after a team hits 2 homeruns in a game, all homeruns after that are outs.
you still get the runs from any homeruns over the HR limit, but you also get penalized with an out

also, since a pitch clock to speed up pace is viewed as bad by traditionalists,
now pitchers will wear armbands that give electrotherapy shocks if the ball is held longer than 10 seconds.
except Dodger pitchers. they get a neckband in lieu of the armband lol

[TheWarmWind]

Re: The runner on 2nd to start extra innings rule. Yes or no?

I'm a victim of an overactive imagination.
I deserve a government check for that


next up for Manferd to shorten games:
after a team hits 2 homeruns in a game, all homeruns after that are outs.
you still get the runs from any homeruns over the HR limit, but you also get penalized with an out

also, since a pitch clock to speed up pace is viewed as bad by traditionalists,
now pitchers will wear armbands that give electrotherapy shocks if the ball is held longer than 10 seconds.
except Dodger pitchers. they get a neckband in lieu of the armband lol

I honestly wish they would do that for Yankees and Red Sox doing their batter's box routines. I remember back in the day watching Roy Halladay get impatient with those two teams. It happens still sometimes. Like, guys, if the pitcher is getting impatient, you're taking to long.

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[bryanm1982]

Re: The runner on 2nd to start extra innings rule. Yes or no?

I honestly wish they would do that for Yankees and Red Sox doing their batter's box routines. I remember back in the day watching Roy Halladay get impatient with those two teams. It happens still sometimes. Like, guys, if the pitcher is getting impatient, you're taking to long.

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I was watching MLB Network and Buck Showalter and John Smoltz were talking about that. The batters are the ones that need to speed up, not the pitchers. Smoltz brought up a decent idea if you have to do something....each manager gets 3 timeouts (mound visits) per game. So if you remove a pitcher mid inning, you burn a timeout. Extra innings, each manager gets one more timeout or something. It would make managers save their timeouts for the later innings. It will have a manager have a decision if they want to send their pitcher out for one hitter and burn a timeout or have a new pitcher start fresh. You could eliminate the 3 batter minimum rule by doing this.