July 29, 2008 4:05 AM
Olympic Baseball's Rule Change
To all those purists who were upset when Major League Baseball introduced the Wild Card or the winner-takes-home-field-advantage gimmick at the All Star game: you might want to stop reading right now.Have all members of SABR cleared out? Has Bob Costas clicked away? Well then, here goes: a rule change introduced for the Olympics will allow teams to put men on first and second at the start of each extra inning, beginning with the 11th. Let's go to the press release:
The new rule calls for traditional baseball extra-inning rules to be used in the 10th frame, but all contests that are tied after 10 innings will compete under a new format. Beginning with the 11th inning and each inning needed thereafter, base runners will be placed on first and second base with no outs. All other rules of baseball will remain in effect....
The new extra-inning format will allow for each manager to select two consecutive batters from anywhere in their respective lineup to start the 11th on first and second base. The next batter in the lineup would then be the batter that starts the inning at the plate. Once those players/runners are determined for the 11th inning, the order of any subsequent innings will be determined by how the previous inning ended. That is, if the 11th inning ends with the No. 6 hitter having the last official at bat, then the 12th inning begins the No. 7 hitter at bat, and the No. 5 hitter at 2B and the No. 6 hitter at first base.
In related news: no, a Little League-style pitcher's helper will not be allowed on the field at any time.
Other news that's making Olympic headlines here on Tuesday evening/morning:
>As reported previously on the blog, Chinese meteorologists have been noncommittal about the weather conditions for the Games. With fears of bad weather during the Olympics stronger than ever, they're now turning to a source even greater than their Doppler radars for help: the lunar calendar. This cannot be a good sign.
>Speaking of which: areas in Northern China -- but not Beijing -- will experience a solar eclipse on Friday. Naturally, the Chinese government has called in feng shui experts to predict the effects of the eclipse on the Games. I cannot believe I'm not making that part up.
>Another bus explosion in the south of China is being covered up by Chinese media.
>Beijing might be taking even more cars off the road to combat pollution that's just not going away.
>No, the cartoon at left is not a prototype for the Chinese rain rocket system.>Internet censorship is still a problem here in Beijing. More on this later today.
>A new series of cartoons based off Chinese fables features one drawing comparing boxing to the apparently ancient practice of fighting tigers. Paging WWF to the Beijing Zoo.
[Photo of Bud Selig at top courtesy The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. At left, from Xinhua.]
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