There’s always a chance you’ll see something you’ve never seen before when you watch a baseball game. No matter how much baseball I’ve watched, no matter how broad and deep my knowledge of the game is, there is always more to learn. The intricacies of baseball are astounding and weird, and sometimes it seems like there is an infinite number of them.
A number of baseball’s more obscure rules have come into play in the 2021 postseason games that have taken place so far. Witnessing these strange plays and situations unfold is exciting. Baseball is a sport where the box score doesn’t really reveal anything about the story of the game, and the way one odd rule application can alter the game’s outcome means there is always potential for something unpredictable to occur.