Posts Tagged ‘extra innings’

Extra-Inning Rule Lowers Innings, Minutes; Slows Pace$

On Tiebreaks and Mutant Baseball$

Still Fit To Be Tied$

Ghost Runner in the MachineB

Cutting Extra Innings Down to its Extreme Endpoint: Sudden Death BaseballB

Guarding the Lines: What Will We Remember About the 2020 MLB Season?$

Short Relief: Et Cetera, Et Cetera, Et Cetera

Félix Hernández as personal muse; 19 inning marathon games are actually good; fixing baseball by making it the NFL

Short Relief: The Afternoon Knows What the Morning Never Suspected

Thinking of the Utah coal miners after the Tyler Skaggs news; a rundown of what happens when you watch a 15-inning game; teaching your friend in vain that Mike Tauchman isn’t actually good

Baseball Therapy: Why Isn’t Baseball Weirder?$

What You Need To Know: Brewers Win More Free Baseball

Recapping the big moments from Major League Baseball, notably the Brewers and Reds going the extra mile yet again at Great American Ball Park.

Flu-Like Symptoms: Trade Deadline Distraction?$

Flu-Like Symptoms: The Extra Innings Head Fake$

Short Relief: Let’s Play Two (Eventually)

Years ago, like, 25 years ago, I saw a cartoon of unknown origin and date. I don’t remember the name, but it stuck with me. The cartoon was about a (young???) baseball manager who wanted to bring in a relief pitcher. An older man, presumably a Gene Lamont-style bench coach, handed the man statistics on…

Flu-Like Symptoms: April Overtime$

Prospectus Feature: Alternate Sister-Kissing Realities$

Rumor Roundup: MLB Silences Judge on Machado

The first rule of tampering is never talk about another team’s player coming to yours: A lesson Aaron Judge of the Yankees now understands after MLB admonished him for “encouraging” Manny Machado to leave the Orioles.