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The 2022 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2022 season. The 118th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the American League (AL) champion Houston Astros and the National League (NL) champion Philadelphia Phillies. The Astros defeated the Phillies in six games to earn their ...
Runners in the regular season will continue to get a free pass to second base to lead off extra innings. Report: MLB permanently implements extra-innings ghost runners, tweaks rule on position ...
Over the history of the World Series, 64 games have gone to extra innings, setting the following innings-related records. [29] Most extra innings played in a World Series game: 9 (2018, game 3). Further, game 3 was the longest World Series game played in terms of elapsed time. [30] Most extra innings played over the course of a World Series: 9
MLB Extra Innings is an out-of-market sports package distributed in North America by satellite provider DirecTV since 1996 [1] and by most cable providers since 2001. [1] The package allowed its subscribers to see up to 80 out-of-market Major League Baseball games a week using local over the air stations and regional sports networks.
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Major League Baseball is again using the runner-at-second rule to start extra innings. Several other ideas have been considered. MLB's extra-inning rule is a hit with some, a whiff with others
Temporary rules for the postseason tiebreaker, designated hitter, and extra innings are still in use as of the 2022 season, though the National League did not use the designated hitter in 2021. The Wild Card Series was officially implemented in 2022, with only 12 teams instead of 16 teams.
In Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball, if the score remains tied after nine innings, up to three extra innings may be played (6 in the playoffs) before the game is called a tie. Since 2011 only regular season games have a 3-hour, 30-minute time limit.