Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
February 28, 2006
Tie Games

There can be tie games in the World Baseball Classic.

Organizers said Tuesday that games in the first two rounds of the tournament will be ended after 14 innings, even if teams remain tied.

In addition, the tournament's technical committee may suspend semifinal games after 14 innings if "pitcher availability for both teams would be substantially jeopardized by not suspending the game and pitcher availability would be substantially enhanced by resuming the game as a suspended game on the next day."

Of course, ties happen in Major League Baseball as well. The difference is those games don't count in the standings and are replayed (the stats count). Here, a tie is counted as 1/2 a win and 1/2 a loss. It's like going back to the 1920s, when darkness or bad weather often caused games to end in a tie.


Posted by David Pinto at 02:35 PM | World Cup | TrackBack (0)
Comments

Ties? Mercy rules? Pitch limits?

It's like Little League.

Posted by: Benjamin Kabak at February 28, 2006 03:23 PM

What they're trying to do is make it easier for U.S. and other predominantly MLB countries. Without these rules, I could see Cuba pulling a stunt such as throwing their starter all nine innings, regardless of his arm strength.

Posted by: stat man at February 28, 2006 04:20 PM

I am really excited about this tournament - but it is getting a bit silly. MLB and the players need to do this all the way or not at all. I understand teams without a lot of major leaguers have the advantage of not having to worry as much about their players, but they have the disadvantage of not having as many major leaguers. This should be taken seriously be everyone involved or it will seem like a joke to everyone not involved.

Posted by: Vic at February 28, 2006 05:50 PM

Jimmy Dugan: Are you tying? Are you tying? ARE YOU TYING? There's no tying, there's no tying in baseball. Rogers Hornsby was my manager, and he called me a talking pile of pigshit. And that was when my parents drove all the way down from Michigan to see me play the game. And did I tie? NO. NO. And do you know why?
Evelyn Gardner: No, no, no.
Jimmy Dugan: Because there's no tying in baseball.

Posted by: Scott at February 28, 2006 09:33 PM
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