Probably, but baseball is a bit different. Extra innings were introduced in the 19th century and unchanged for over a century.
Other sports like hockey and football were content to have regular season games wind up in a draw after regulation for several decades. It was fine, until someone decided it wasn't.
Basketball has played OT periods in the regular season forever but thankfully have not felt the need to settle a tie after the 1st OT with a 3 point shooting contest.
As someone who use to keep score at every game i attended from the early 80s through about 2012, I approve the rule if only because it brings meaning back to a 5-3 putout.
Only one of the "new" rules I despise is the starting extra innings with a "ghost runner" on 2nd base.
It has had the desired effect of avoiding marathon extra inning games, but it's a cheap finger-on-the-scale type of change that betrays the spirit of the sport. You are suppose to earn your way on base.
The fact that they don't implement the rule during the playoffs is a clear admission that the concept is BS.
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Probably, but baseball is a bit different. Extra innings were introduced in the 19th century and unchanged for over a century.
Other sports like hockey and football were content to have regular season games wind up in a draw after regulation for several decades. It was fine, until someone decided it wasn't.
Basketball has played OT periods in the regular season forever but thankfully have not felt the need to settle a tie after the 1st OT with a 3 point shooting contest.
It was a special Covid rule intended to avoid blowing out pitching staffs in a shortened season bc of one 18-inning game.
Now its sole purpose is to protect the $$$ invested in those arms and it is never going away. Unfortunately.
As someone who use to keep score at every game i attended from the early 80s through about 2012, I approve the rule if only because it brings meaning back to a 5-3 putout.
Only one of the "new" rules I despise is the starting extra innings with a "ghost runner" on 2nd base.
It has had the desired effect of avoiding marathon extra inning games, but it's a cheap finger-on-the-scale type of change that betrays the spirit of the sport. You are suppose to earn your way on base.
The fact that they don't implement the rule during the playoffs is a clear admission that the concept is BS.