Monday, Major League Baseball made it official: the controversial 'ghost runner' on second base, extra innings rule is here to stay, permanently. MLB introduced the rule in the COVID-shortened 2020 ...

Who doesn't love free baseball? Fans at the 2026 World Baseball Classic will surely have no issues if the game they attend goes extra innings, providing more bang for their bucks on the tickets ...

NEW YORK – Starting extra innings with a runner on second base during the regular season was made a permanent rules change by Major League Baseball on Monday after three seasons of use during the ...

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — It looks as if Major League Baseball won’t be ghosting its controversial extra-innings rule: The automatic runner at second base is here to stay. Permanently. First implemented ...

NEW YORK — Starting extra innings with a runner on second base during the regular season was made a permanent rules change by Major League Baseball on Monday after three seasons of use during the ...

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 ...

Major League Baseball's extra-innings tiebreaker rule, in which a runner is automatically placed at second base to begin each extra inning, is now permanent, reports ESPN. MLB's joint competition ...

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.

When MLB commissioner Rob Manfred introduced the ghost runner rule in 2020 — as baseball made adjustments to navigate the tricky terrain of playing through COVID-19— reactions to the change were ...

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 ...