The stupidity of this can't even begin to be described.
Allowing ties would be preferable whether after the 9th (you bet get that game over and move on
) or having a max number of innings at which time the game would be declared a tie.
This would still be stupid but at least you'd have the strategy of "playing for a tie" in place and it would have to be earned by actually getting men on base the "old fashioned way", you know by hit, bb, error, hbp.
I know they could make it so you didn't actually have to score a run to win.
Instead any runner reaching base in extra innings would result in a "point" for the batting team. These points would be a separate stat from runs and would, in the absence of a run determine the winner. One run scored
trumps all points accumulated by the other team. IE visiting team loads bases (3pts), hits into a home to 1b DP, next guy walks (now 4 pts scored because as we all know by rule you can't lose a point once it's been earned
), next guy K's leaving the batting team with 4 points. Home team comes up and first guy hits a home run. Home team wins on a walk-off because one run
trumps all points scored!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah, this is pure genius. How is it I don't work for MLB