The MLB Playoffs are here, which means there's plenty of baseball to watch and teams to root for. Inevitably (whether you hate it or love it), there might be a time when a game heads to extra innings.
The ghost runner – that automatic baserunner placed at second base to start extra innings – has been a regular season fixture since its pandemic-era introduction in 2020. Yet MLB has steadfastly kept ...
Nothing in sports is as consistent and verifiable as the idea of home-field advantage. It’s a given, regardless of the sport. Academics and analysts can (and do) spend their careers trying to figure ...