What are extra innings rules for MLB playoffs? How it works

MLB's extra innings format is different in the playoffs from the regular season. Here's how bonus baseball works in the postseason.

What Not to Fix About Baseball

In a new book, the sportswriter Jane Leavy spitballs with some of the greats about how to make the American pastime more ...

MLB Playoffs 2025: Every Key Rule Change to Know

The pennant winner with the better regular season record receives home-field advantage in the World Series, regardless of how ...

What to know about 2025 MLB playoffs: Format, tiebreakers, rules, seeds, pitch clock, automatic runners, more

Major League Baseball's postseason will get underway on Tuesday with Game 1 of all four Wild Card Series. This, then, is the opportune time to offer a refresher on baseball's (still) relatively new ...
Law

'Baseball Rule' May Not Hold Up in PI Case Against Atlanta Braves, Appellate Court Says

“The Baseball Rule has never been a long-standing rule in Georgia,” plaintiff's counsel David Hughes of Hall Hirsh Hughes, told the Daily Report. “It's a rule that came out of the 1940s, and the game ...
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Does Shohei Ohtani hit when he pitches? Explaining MLB rules for two-way players in the playoffs

Yes, when Shohei Ohtani pitches in MLB games, he is also the Dodgers' designated hitter. There are some unique MLB rules that only apply to Ohtani for the time being, as he's the only true two-way ...
Major League Baseball

GENERAL BASEBALL RULES

All reviews are conducted at the Replay Command Center, which is located at Major League Baseball Advanced Media headquarters in New York, by replay officials -- full-time Major League umpires who ...