Baseball's ghost runner is here to stay. MLB's joint competition committee unanimously approved the rule placing a runner at second base at the start of every extra inning in the regular season, ...

Monday, Major League Baseball made it official: the controversial 'ghost runner' on second base, extra innings rule is here to stay, permanently. MLB introduced the rule in the COVID-shortened 2020 ...

Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred speaks with the news media after a meeting of MLB owners, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) NEW YORK (AP) — Starting ...

Most of MLB's new rules are actually pretty easy to get behind. Defensive shifts were very effective, but the optics of actually watching them in games was pretty bad and the game isn't "lesser" for ...

The MLB Playoffs are here, which means there's plenty of baseball to watch and teams to root for. Inevitably (whether you hate it or love it), there might be a time when a game heads to extra innings.

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — It looks as if Major League Baseball won’t be ghosting its controversial extra-innings rule: The automatic runner at second base is here to stay. Permanently. First implemented ...

The days of baseball games lasting well into the night are officially over. Jesse Rogers of ESPN reported Monday that MLB's Joint Competition Committee unanimously voted to make the extra-inning rule ...

If baseball were a Hollywood celebrity we would say the game has undergone undeniably noticeable cosmetic work to change its appearance. A myriad of rule changes constitutes more of a facelift for ...

When MLB commissioner Rob Manfred introduced the ghost runner rule in 2020 — as baseball made adjustments to navigate the tricky terrain of playing through COVID-19— reactions to the change were ...

NEW YORK – Starting extra innings with a runner on second base during the regular season was made a permanent rules change by Major League Baseball on Monday after three seasons of use during the ...