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I don’t know what the fuck is going on in the world of sports anymore.
Seriously, even after watching thousands of games in my lifetime, questioning some of the rules and formats that different sports have, I still get confused every once in awhile when something new gets adopted.
From Mark Cuban proposing a 20-team NBA playoff format, to Major League Baseball imposing a pace-of-play rule, to, finally, the NFL actually toying with the idea of narrowing their goal posts—which they used in this past Pro Bowl—it seems that league’s are doing everything they possibly can to keep the interests of fans, while progressing beyond what has always been known.
And while I typically think that a lot of the ideas are just straight-up shit, one that is rad as hell came from this year’s Double-A All-Star Game, where a tie game wasn’t just decided by the usual extra innings that the sport of baseball has always used.
That’s because the Eastern League believed that a Home Run Derby Shootout would be the most fun and interesting way for the winner to be crowned, as both managers selected three players from their teams to take part, with each batter getting one swing to try and jack a homer—and the team with the most dingers wins.
As you might imagine, it took some time for a homer to come off of the bat—as the thing moved to 11 rounds and sudden death—but wouldn’t fans have rather watched this than sitting through countless innings of boredom?