Tell me a more fake ending to a baseball game

D. Bergin · #1 07-18-2025, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by nolemmings

If you are suggesting that the A.L. was somehow allowed to score two runs in the 9th so that MLB could roll out its new format then your comment is laughable.

Yeah, I hate the fact the game ended with a Home Run Derby. I also despise Ghost runners and shoot outs in hockey.

....but to think the game was fixed just so they can have a Home Run Derby at the end is just silly. I believe the rule has been on the books for a few years, this is just the first time they were able to implement it.

This isn't exactly the 1st game to end in a tie after 9 innings.

SAllen2556 · #2 07-18-2025, 10:41 AM

Baseball has done a very good job to make the product more enjoyable. The biggest improvement being the pitch clock. I couldn't stand the 4 hour, nine inning games anymore. A ball game today is back to what it was in the 70's - about 2:40. I love watching baseball these days.

And I can still get in to watch the Tigers for less than $20. Can't do that with any other major sport.

If you don't like baseball you're just weird!

jayshum · #3 07-18-2025, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by D. Bergin

Yeah, I hate the fact the game ended with a Home Run Derby. I also despise Ghost runners and shoot outs in hockey.

....but to think the game was fixed just so they can have a Home Run Derby at the end is just silly. I believe the rule has been on the books for a few years, this is just the first time they were able to implement it.

This isn't exactly the 1st game to end in a tie after 9 innings.

Apparently this was included in the last collective bargaining agreement in 2022 but never got any publicity until it actually happened. I agree that the idea the game was fixed to end in a tie is hard to believe. I initially posted that I wasn't a fan, but after thinking about it, I can live with it in the ASG. If they tried to do it for a regular season game, I would not be in favor. I can live with the ghost runner because that still requires a team to play some real baseball to score a run.

Mike D. · #4 07-19-2025, 08:34 AM

They don't want the game to go into extra innings due to injury risk and not wanting to have to "hold players back" just in case. Nobody wants a tie. So, this is as good a way as any, I guess. I'm just glad the outcome is no longer tied to who gets home field in the World Series...that was a terrible attempt to "make the game matter".

Personally, I think ties should just end like the ending of Mony Python and The Holy Grail...but to each their own...

jayshum · #5 07-19-2025, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Mike D.

They don't want the game to go into extra innings due to injury risk and not wanting to have to "hold players back" just in case. Nobody wants a tie. So, this is as good a way as any, I guess. I'm just glad the outcome is no longer tied to who gets home field in the World Series...that was a terrible attempt to "make the game matter".

Personally, I think ties should just end like the ending of Mony Python and The Holy Grail...but to each their own...

The only reason I didn't hate having the ASG determine home field in the World Series is because it replaced having home field just alternate each year between National League and American League which was equally stupid. At least now it's based on which team has the best record.

BobbyStrawberry · #6 07-19-2025, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by jayshum

I can live with the ghost runner because that still requires a team to play some real baseball to score a run.

I disagree that zombie runner-ball is real baseball. In baseball you have reach base before you can score...

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