Tag: ghost runner
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Doubling Your Misery: The Ghost Runner and the Pitch Clock
There are two rules that have likely had the greatest impact on shortening the game. The first is the ghost runner and the other is the pitch clock. From a purely anecdotal scanning of opinion pieces and fan reactions throughout the internet, it appears that most fans would scrap the ghost runner, but most favor…
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The Disappearing Ghost Runner
While we here at BP support MLB for their consistency in deciding that the pitch clock rules would remain the same even for the upcoming playoffs, that same consistency seems to be lost when it comes to the ghost runner. We want to be clear though, BP despises both the pitch clock and the ghost…
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A Not So Perfect Game
Although it has already been covered elsewhere, it is worth repeating that there is now an opportunity for a pitcher to pitch a perfect game yet lose under the newish MLB rules of placing an automatic runner on second base at the beginning of extra innings. Yes, a pitcher or combined pitchers could get everyone…
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