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Ronald Blum | Associated Press

SHOCKING: Mlb s extra inning ghost runner rule could stick around - What They Never Told You

Commissioner Rob Manfred said MLB could keep the rule placing a runner on second base in extra innings. (David J. Phillip/AP)

PHILADELPHIA — Starting extra innings with a runner on second base, the rule adopted by Major League Baseball as a way to shorten games during the pandemic, might be sticking around.

“Both fans and players like it. The clubs like it. Seems like it has legs to me,” Commissioner Rob Manfred said Monday night after announcing Game 3 of the World Series between Houston and Philadelphia had been postponed by rain. “I have a few people who email me that don’t like it.”

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