We’ve had a lot of adjustments to rules for this year’s 60-game season: The National League is using a designated hitter. Games can be suspended at any time. Extra innings are beginning with a runner on second base.
And now, there’s one more:
Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association have agreed to stage seven-inning doubleheaders starting Aug. 1, sources familiar with the situation tell ESPN.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) July 30, 2020
This makes sense for a shortened season in which MLB wants (or should, anyway) players and staff to spend as little time around each other as possible.