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Originally Posted by slugger922cubs
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.
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It is an absurd leap in logic, I agree but I was speaking metaphorically. But I used the argument to prove my larger point - changing the rules (even as something seemingly minor as starting a runner on second base) is like playing a different game. Would you want a World Series game decided by such a scheme, or worse, a Game 7? Winners should be decided within the normal rules of baseball, not by changing them in order to "force" a winner who may not deserve it. I imagine that the first time it would cost a team a playoff spot or a championship, Major League Baseball would be dealing with a crisis on its hands from fans crying foul.