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Effectively Wild Episode 1968: Season Preview Series: Guardians and Rangers

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

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The Zombies Runner

The Joint Competition Committee instituted further limits on position players pitching because that has continued to get out of hand. So the previous rule, you could use one when you were up or down by six or more runs or it was extra innings and now either it has to be extra innings or the minimum is ten or more runs That one team has to be ahead of the other, so that will cut down on it somewhat. But even though it leads to fewer innings being played, those innings are longer and the pace bogs downSo I don't even find it super exciting or strategically interesting Your mileage may vary on that, but just have the courtesy to call it something other than Ghost Runner.

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