Starting with a runner on second base...

[D. Bergin]

MLB games might be long, but extra inning games always seemed to have added tension to them. Will one team run out of relievers or bench players, will this go on to the 20th inning. Will it ruin the bullpens for the next 3 days.

Higher stakes for the winners and losers of these games. Higher tension for the fans you don't get in a normal 9 inning game.

It's like every extra inning is the 9th inning of a tie game.

Just think of some of the wild extra inning playoff games we've had over the years.

Putting a runner on 2nd in the 10th inning, is like going straight to a shoot-out in hockey or soccer. It's anti-climatic every time, even if the team you are rooting for happens to win. Just seems like lower stakes involved.

[D. Bergin]

Ernie Banks would have hated it.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

Ernie Banks would have hated it.

I am happy they got rid of the 7 inning double header games.

[JollyElm]

They're trying to turn major league baseball into a Jiffy Lube. Get in, get out quickly.

Pathetic.

[Kevin]

Lame AF

[tiger8mush]

At first I really hated it. I'm starting to warm up to it to the point of indifference.

Very happy about no more 7 inning double headers. Felt cheated!

[jayshum]

I'm ok with it, but I think they should play one or two extra innings without it before starting to do it. Kind of like hockey with a 5 minute OT before the shootout.