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Andrew Joseph

MLB’s brilliant new tiebreaker for the All-Star Game had baseball fans rooting for a tie

When it comes to rule changes, MLB has made (and continues to make) plenty of mistakes over the years. But I guess even Rob Manfred can get something right once because the 2022 MLB All-Star Game will have the tiebreaker everyone needs to see happen.

The 2002 MLB All-Star Game ended in a tie when both teams ran out of players, and rather than have some contingency plan in place to determine a winner, then-commissioner Bud Selig ended the game. Then, in a huge over-correction, MLB had the All-Star Game determine homefield advantage for the World Series from 2003 to 2016.

If only they thought of this back then …

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