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February 24, 2007
Dodgers: Convoluted rule change
HOPEFULLY, this won't come into play for the Dodgers this year, but Major League Baseball has a new rule SPECIFICALLY for games that are called because of rain with the game TIED after it has become an official game (five innings, 4 1/2 if the home team is ahead). Beginning this season, those games will not be replayed from the beginning, as they were in the past, but will be picked up at whatever point the last inning was completed, and that will happen immediately BEFORE the two teams meet again in the same ballpark. If the teams have no more games scheduled in that park, it will be made up before the next game scheduled in the other park (i.e., a game between the Dodgers and Giants at AT&T Park might be completed at Dodger Stadium, with the Giants still batting in the bottom half of each inning as if they were the home team). If they have no more games scheduled in either park, it will be made up on an off-day, but in that case the old rule kicks in and the game will be replayed from the beginning. And, as always, any game called because of rain BEFORE it has become an official game will be made up from the beginning. Confused yet?
Posted by Tony Jackson at February 24, 2007 07:04 AM