What would the late, great Ernie Banks make of MLB’s new doubleheader rule?
“Let’s play two!” Well, it won’t be two full games. More like one-and-a-half. But it’ll count as two, nonetheless.
As first reported by The Athletic, twin bills will consist of seven-inning games starting on Saturday. How else to react except with an exasperated sigh and a shrug?
MLB continues to make up the schedule and the rules of the game as it goes along this season. It’s been dizzying and depressing to keep up with it all, even for someone like me who thinks the new extra-inning rule is a lovely late-night espresso shot that won’t keep you up for 15 innings.