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Originally Posted by hillm2ca
I think that an argument can be made that the proposed rule change regarding place a runner on a second in order to resolve a tie is too much of a deviation from the normal rules. In short, the normal rules of baseball do not provide teams with a free base runner (even walks and hit by pitches are earned) so you are essentially playing a different game. Imagine an extra inning game being decided by a HR derby which is completely different from normal baseball. In other words, you would use something that is a diluted form of baseball to settle a normal baseball game. When there is too much deviation between the normal rules and "sudden death" overtime rules, it calls into question whether a team legitimately won a game because you are creating an artificial substitute of the normal rules in order to hasten an outcome. You wouldn't settle a tie with a hot dog eating contest.
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Comparing starting an inning with a free double to a HR Derby or Sudden Death is an absolutely absurd jump in logic. At best what youre struggling with is the sacredness of the box score and keeping statistics. Things which have zero bearing on the way the game is actually played.