MLB Baseball Making Extra-Inning Game Changes

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Published on February 14 2023 5:58 am
Last Updated on February 14 2023 5:59 am

Major League Baseball is making it permanent: in all regular-season extra-inning games, a runner will be placed on second base to begin the 10th inning, and in every subsequent extra inning after that, until a winner is determined, according to a source familiar with the situation.

Commissioner Rob Manfred intimated all winter that the rule would return in 2023, and the joint competition committee has now voted unanimously to adopt the rule that has been in place for the past three seasons.

 

Ted Lerner Dies

Ted Lerner, the billionaire real estate developer whose family bought the Washington Nationals in 2006, has died, the team announced Monday. He was 97.
Lerner died Sunday of complications from pneumonia at his home in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

Lerner's group purchased the Nationals from Major League Baseball in 2006 for $450 million after the team was moved to the U.S. capital from Montreal. He was managing principal owner until ceding that role to son in 2018.

 

Derek Jeter Will Be Part of Coverage

Fox Sports announced Sunday during its Super Bowl pregame show that Derek Jeter will be part of the network's studio coverage for the coming season.

Alex Rodriguez hugged Jeter as he came on stage and presented him with a Fox Sports baseball jersey. Jeter, who was elected to baseball's Hall of Fame in 2020, also joins fellow Hall of Famer David Ortiz and host Kevin Burkhardt as part of the studio team.

 

Yankees' Cortes To Miss World Baseball Classic

New York Yankees left-hander Nestor Cortes will miss next month's World Baseball Classic because of a strained right hamstring but hasn't ruled out being ready for the start of the regular season.

Colorado Rockies left-hander Kyle Freeland replaced Cortes on the United States roster.