extra innings starting in the 11th a team gets a runner on first to start 12th 1st and 2nd 13th on bases loaded reg season only
Back in early 2018 I did some research.
2017 - Regular Season Games - 2,430
Extra Inning Games - 182 (
7.5%)
Games Lasting 10 Innings - 87 (3.68%)
Games Lasting 11 Innings - 51 (2.1%)
Games Lasting 12 Innings - 20 (0.8%)
Games Lasting 13 innings - 12 (0.5%)
Games Lasting 14+ Innings - 12 (0.5%)
7.5% of a team's 162-game schedule is 12 games. That's two games per month, one game going into extra innings every two weeks.
Almost half of those extra inning games - 48% - were done in 10 innings.
Only 44 out of 2,430 games lasted more than 11 innings:
1.8%.
2 out of every 100 games (an average of
three games per team per season) lasting more than two extra-innings is
NOT a problem.
Plus: If both teams begin every extra inning with a man on second, they have an equal chance to score.
Just like they do now, starting off with the bases empty. In other words,
there is no actual advantage being gained here to have games end quicker. There will simply be more games in which each team scores 1 or 2 or however many runs in an extra inning and the game - still tied - goes on.
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Also, there already exists a rule (5.07(c)) stating the pitcher must deliver the ball within 12 seconds with the bases empty. Maybe MLB could tell the umpires to start enforcing it.