Extra innings will look a lot different for Tacoma Rainiers games at Cheney Stadium this year.
When the 10th inning begins, a runner will start on second base, a rule change Minor League Baseball partnered with MLB with to announce Wednesday. And that will continue every inning until the game ends.
It’s part of baseball’s pace-of-play push, which will also include a 15-second pitch clock when there are no runners on base – for Triple-A and Double-A games only.
So why such a drastic change to the game?
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