MLB adopted the rule, which sees a runner placed on second base at the beginning of every extra inning, in 2020 as a way to combat potential issues with longer games during the COVID-19 pandemic.

MLB’s Joint Competition Committee unanimously voted in favor of the extra inning “ghost runner” rule being made permanent for the foreseeable future. The NFL season is officially over after ...

Home teams went 113-103 in extra-inning games last year and are 262-263 in extra innings since the runner on second rule started in 2020, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

Major League Baseball has decided it can live with ghosts. Specifically, its “ghost runner,” the runner automatically placed on second base at the start of each extra-inning frame until the ...

It's the rule you love to hate (or maybe you love it! Which is fine!) in Major League Baseball: When teams reached extra innings in 2022, a runner was automatically put on second base to start the ...

MLB's ghost runner rule is terrible, but it attempts to solve a real issue. Instead, the league should axe it and make a universal dropped third strike rule.

The ghost runner gained sentience in 2020 as a pandemic measure to shorten games. It has achieved its goal, and those marathon slogs (or thrillers, depending your viewpoint) are now archaic.

MLB instituted the ghost runner rule in 2020 during the pandemic-truncated 60-game season. It has remained in place, initially on a temporary basis in 2021 and 2022, before it was adopted as a ...