Crazy times in baseball:
•So it’s the top of the 10th inning, all tied up, back from the commercial break and ... wait a minute, there’s a runner at second base? How did he get there?
“Oh, glad you asked,” says the representative from Major League Baseball. “We’re trying to make the games move along a little faster. Easier to score that tie-breaking run if you’ve got a guy on second with nobody out. So we just sort of stash him there to start all the extra innings.”
Seriously, this is actually being discussed — and will be tested in rookie-level minor leagues this summer.