MLB Giants Edge Astros 3-2 in 12: Should Baseball End in Sudden Death?

by Fef Posted 2012/07/15 19:00:00

Related Topics: Sports, MLB, Baseball, Houston Astros, San Francisco Giants, Sport

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Baseball games can last hours without any runs. Many Americans complain that baseball takes too long and bores them. Fans watching Saturday night's MLB baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the Houston Astros watched for four hours because the game went into extra innings.

Baseball games usually last only nine innings. If the regulation game ends in a tie, the teams continue playing extra innings. Each team gets a chance at bat (offense.) Major League Baseball (MLB) rules provide play shall continue until either 1) the visiting team has scored more total runs than the home team at the end of a completed inning or 2) the home team scores the winning run in an uncompleted inning.

Should baseball change its rules to end the game upon the first run batted in?

FOXNEWS.COM reports:
Hector Sanchez had a game-winning RBI single in the bottom of the 12th, Tim Lincecum tossed eight scoreless innings, and the Giants edged the Astros, 3-2, on Saturday at AT&T; Park.

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cmdrbnd007 2012/07/15 12:36:09

No

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Absolutely not! That would ruin the game.
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Claybern 2012/07/21 00:13:39

No

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No way, everybody loves a walk off homer or run.

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Chris D 2012/07/18 19:16:05

No

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It already sort of does...both teams get a shot. If you flipped a coin for who got first ups that would be unfair...leave it as as I say

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jacktown kid 2012/07/18 15:23:36

No

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Absolutely not

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American Nate 2012/07/18 04:04:28

No

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Game 6 of the 2012 World Series proves that we shouldnt have sudden death, best game ever played and that would make the game Road field advantage, home teams wouldn't get a chance to win, inless they do a coin toss for who's batting first.

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BigFig#9 2012/07/17 02:41:55

No

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Lets keep baseball the game played 90% between ears the other 50% based on physical ability.

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Maura :) 2012/07/17 02:13:56

No

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I do agree it takes a while, but when it goes into extra innings, thats when it gets good, because one wrong move and the game can be over

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MarinerFH 2012/07/16 21:04:49

No

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I remember attending a 15 inning game at Shea between the Mets and Dodgers. Very few fans left before the end of the game. Extra innings are part of the tradition and fabric of Baseball. Let's not tamper with baseball for the benefit of a few impatient people.

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Emma 2012/07/16 21:01:22

No

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That takes all the fun out of watching a game . I was at the 2nd Detroit vs Orioles game and it lasted 13 innings . it was fun and it went on a long time but i enjoyed watching

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spencerc143 2012/07/16 20:37:59

No

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Thatd ruin the game thats stupid.

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Heptarch 2012/07/16 20:20:32

No

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One of the great things about baseball is that there is no clock. A game can last forever, theoretically.

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im right ur wrong 2012/07/16 20:18:28

No

+1
when it goes 13 innings thats pretty cool!

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Andrew 2012/07/16 19:51:31

No

+1
Baseball, my favorite pastime.

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Curmudgeon 2012/07/16 19:39:49

Yes

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I have only watched baseball on TV once, and I never got past the first inning as I found it very boring. I prefer to watch hockey, lacrosse, or rugby as at least you have action going on.

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K-ZOOMI... to Curmudgeon 2012/07/16 19:51:03

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Tennessee3501 2012/07/16 19:39:21

Yes

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It doesn't always. If the visiting team goes ahead in extra innings, the home team still has 3 outs left. It is only when the home team goes ahead that there is sudden death. Just remember Game 6 of last year's World Series! There is no better illustration since Carlton Fisk's homer in the 1975 World Series!

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Your Favorite Nerd Guru 2012/07/16 19:28:05

No

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I like seeing some games be twice the size of a normal one

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Tenness... to Your Fa... 2012/07/16 19:44:19

+1
I almost did. My daughter took me to the game between the Washington Nationals and the New York Yankees on the Saturday before Father's Day in Washington, D.C.. The Yankees won 5-3 in 14 innings. I loved every minute of it. They had a 14th inning stretch and everybody got to sing "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" a second time.

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Superman 2012/07/16 15:42:24

No

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You either have patience and enjoy baseball or you don't.

I've been to numerous extra inning games. Once I stayed at a game for 18. It was great.

But plenty of people are like little kids, they need the quick shiny object now now now.

Short attention span theatre at work.

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Philo-OOO For 3 weeks! 2012/07/16 13:51:02

Yes

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OMG - 12 innings?!? Was ANYONE in the stands at the end - or at least anyone awake? I'd personally rather watch grass grow...

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Osk The Great Guru 2012/07/16 13:33:12

No

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Poor Babies... suck it up people, you pay for the Game, you must stay there until it ends. If not, just go home!

I am sure people complained during this game which lasted 8 hours long:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

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Somkey the Hores 2012/07/16 09:47:52

No

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Baseball should NEVER end.

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ehrhornp 2012/07/16 07:07:57

No

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That would shift power to the visiting team. Home team should have the advantage as when they come up to bat, it is sudden death.

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weirdchickalert 2012/07/16 05:07:59

No

+1

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Raphy 2012/07/16 04:35:13

No

+3
I wouldn't be baseball without the extra innings lol

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Catnip 2012/07/16 03:17:16

No

+4
No way, I love extra innings!

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Nameless 2012/07/16 01:25:34

No

+1
Never. Ever. Ever. Sacrilege. I am an huge fan of the game and if some twerps cannot handle sitting through a game - no matter how long, then they aren't fans. Stuff sudden death.

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gregaj7 2012/07/16 00:53:41

Yes

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Professional sports should end, period. Way too much manure, and to much distraction, by design.

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Callaway 2012/07/15 23:13:23

No

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Let's not meddle with baseball other than a more expanded use of instant replay it's done very well for a very long time without having to copy other sports.

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K-ZOOMI-----0 2012/07/15 23:12:03

Yes

+2
Sounds good, but what I want to see is dropping a lot of games from the season. Way to many games are played. Maybe only play 80-100 games. When teams realize that they have to have a better record to get into the playoff, MAYBE THEN THEY WILL PLAY EVERY SINGLE GAME instead of coasting along cause they know they still have so many games to play.

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Pat 2012/07/15 22:46:43

No

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No, I like the way the do it now. It sounds like you just want to get it over with and not all of us would like to see that. We like watching games go into extra innings!

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heirsoftheking 2012/07/15 19:57:33

No

+3
Baseball is unique. Why end decades of tradition?

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ttfndude 2012/07/15 18:23:41

No

+2
I will never forget the World Series with the Toronto Blue Jays in the early 90's that was just edge of your seat...but todays baseball is now the same so maybe.

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Pronatalist Pronatalist 2012/07/15 17:23:23

Yes

+1
Sports distracts us as the New World Order criminal elitists destroy our country.

Sports is a stupid and irrelevant idol.

"The ball goes back and forth, and somebody you don't know wins."

"They are each fighting over that ball, and they can each afford their own."

I fail to see the relevance to anything important.

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Superman to Pronata... 2012/07/16 15:45:57

+1

Heaven forbid anyone enjoy life. Its not like fun is relevant to anything important right?

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Joe Shwingding BN-ZERO 2012/07/15 16:46:01

No

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what the heck??? Sudden death? This isnt football, soccer or basketball.

Baseball is tradition ... there are no time limits in baseball, no clocks to define set boundries.

I am confused by someone who would ever suggest such an idea. Do you watch baseball or did it preempt something you were going to watch?

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Michael 2012/07/15 16:19:06

Yes

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My first baseball game that I physically attended was the longest one on record, to that point, and consequently it was the last game I attended.It was torture.

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Lunacat 2012/07/15 14:52:08

No

+2
Extra innings are exciting.

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Christian 2012/07/15 14:22:19

No

+2
I don't know about that but I will tell you this, the Yankees are going to win the pennant and go on to win the world series AGAIN :)

YANKEES 2012!

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Nameless to Christian 2012/07/16 01:27:04

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Are you a fan of the game or just of the NYY? Just curious.

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Christian to Nameless 2012/07/16 05:11:23

I have been watching the Yankees since the early 70s, what do you?

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