The Yankees fall victim to one of MLB's stu men s atlanta braves jersey pid rule changes, and people are rightfully mad about it

April 2, 2021 By Joe Rivera 0

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Baseball is trying to eat itself alive again, with dumb rule changes getting in the way of the game, in a phony effort to try to speed up games, or end games quicker, or get players home earlier or some such nonsense perpetuated by MLB brass.

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The infamous runner-on-second-in-extra-innings rule — which is longwinded and ridiculous to begin with — was implemented in 2020 after a few years of experimentation in the indie lCody Bellinger eagues and the minors, and it was totally acceptable to use in a whacky, zany, pandemic-shortened season. 

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The rule is back again in 2021 because the MLBPA and MLB couldn't agree on expanded playoffs among other things, which means get ready for more lame baseball rules to break brains in 2021. Freddie Freeman Dodgers Jerseys

The Opening Day matchup between the Yankees and the Blue Jays went to extra innings, meaning a runner was placed on second to start the 10th inning. Yankee reliever Nick Nelson quickly gave up a double to Randal Grichuk, runner scores, Jays take the lead. 

Sure, the Yankees had the same advantage in the bottom half of the inning, and the Yankees had plenty of opportunities to put the game away. But the rule, itself, in a word, a very simple one, is stupid. It's not baseball, regardless of who's getting the advantage.

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They would hold on to win by a score of 3-2, and plenty of people — Yankee fans and not — were very mad about it.

Really, if a rule needs more than two words to explain it, then it's a dumb rule, and iMLB Pajamas| Keychains t shouldn't exist, anyway.

If MLB wants to find ways to speed up the game, then there are ways to do it that aren't about gifting a free runner on second base. 

Until Keds they figure out what they're doing, though, this is what fans are stuck with.