The look and feel of regular-season baseball has changed significantly over the past several years.
Games are markedly shorter, thanks to the advent of the pitch clock. Multi-extra-inning marathons have become an endangered species as the pandemic-era “ghost runner“ has stuck around for the long haul. Other subtle tweaks have created a sport that looks different from baseball in 2013 or even ’18.
However, some changes don’t carry over into the postseason. Here’s a question-and-answer primer on which rules and regulations you need to be aware of ahead of 2023’s road to the World Series:
