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Mar 27, 2024 · Previously, MLB Rule 5.09 (a) (11) required a batter to run the last half of the distance between home plate and first base between the foul line and a three-foot line drawn on the right-hand side of the dirt. Under the new rule, this runner’s lane will still be chalked in order to keep runners from drifting too far into foul territory on ...
- Anthony Castrovince
Dec 21, 2023 · The runner’s lane change should be particularly well-received by right-handed batters, who now have a direct path to first base. Previously, MLB Rule 5.09 (a)(11) required a batter to run the last half of the distance between home plate and first base between the foul line and a three-foot line drawn on the right-hand side of the dirt.
- Anthony Castrovince
Dec 22, 2023 · MLB's Joint Competition Committee approved multiple rule changes for 2024, including a clearer baserunning path to first base and fewer mound visits. Stefan Stevenson | Dec 21, 2023
Dec 21, 2023 · Major League Baseball's Competition Committee approved several rule changes for the 2024 season, including shortening the pitch clock and widening the runner's lane to first.
Sep 28, 2023 · Players around the Major Leagues -- including on many of the teams contending for the 2023 postseason -- are employing that exact baserunning strategy: They are running through second base (or even, rarely, third base), instead of sliding. This is a play that, if a team can pull it off, might swing the balance of a playoff game.
Baseball rule changes having tangible impact. Nearly two seasons into MLB’s great experiment, the tide has turned. The average game time has dropped to 2 hours, 36 minutes, the lowest since 1984. Attendance is up 11% since 2022. Viewership — particularly among fans 18-34 — has risen 10.5% since the changes were adopted.
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Feb 14, 2023 · MLB first used the extra-innings tiebreaker rule during the 60-game pandemic season in 2020 as a way to shorten games and reduce injury risk after the unusual spring training shutdown and ...
