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Originally Posted by zappa1
How about the pitcher being charged a run for the guy he DIDN'T put on 2nd base in the 10th inning?
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Aren't those unearned runs?
And runs being charged to pitchers makes no sense anyway, since teams give up runs
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And there is no proof it makes the game shorter. The game could've been over 4 hours long even before extra innings. And extra innings could still go 12, 13, 14 or more innings. Just because you start with a guy at 2nd base doesn't mean it's over.
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We have two years’ worth of data from the minors to work with, and per MiLB, the results are notable. Over the last two seasons, just 43 total games went more than three extra innings, compared to 345 in 2016 and ‘17 combined. And as Baseball America’s JJ Cooper notes, nearly three-quarters of all extra-innings minor league games last year and the year before ended in the 10th, as opposed to just under half in the two seasons prior. And nearly all of them — 93% — finished in the 10th or 11th, representing a 20% increase.
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https://blogs.fangraphs.com/so-just-...-rule-give-us/