If the All-Star Game goes deep into the night, the Home Run Derby could be used to decide it.
Say goodbye to extra frames in the Midsummer Classic. Bring on the big hitters for a winner-take-all blast-off.
A radical new method of deciding the All-Star Game is possible because of the 182-page memorandum of understanding signed Thursday by MLB and the players association.
The All-Star Game will be decided by a Home Run Derby if the game remains tied after nineinnings, according to exhibit 13 titled "Tentative Agreement -- All-Star".
As part of the overall agreement, the parties agree to discuss further details and logistics of a potential mid-All-Star Game concert.
There will be a regular-season game in Paris in 2025.
The page about the All-Star home derby was signed by MLB senior counsel Kasey Sanossian and the players' association deputy general counsel Matt Nussbaum. It is part of the agreement that led to the end of the MLB's 99-day labor dispute.
The 2020 All-Star Game was canceled due to the coronaviruses, but this year the game will be held in Los Angeles.
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The All-Star Game has gone to overtime 13 times since it began in 1933, the last two times being at Miami and Washington. Managers are trying to get most pitchers in the game by the ninth.
The Home Run Derby on the night before the All-Star Game has become one of MLB's popular events and is not mentioned in the document as changing.
The commissioner gained the ability to add a 33rd player to each league's All-Star roster in recognition of each player's career achievements, and could add more than one player if special circumstances warrant.
In other parts of the agreement.
The sides agreed to play regular-season games in Mexico City, London, Paris, and San Juan, Puerto Rico. There will be a season- opening series in Asia and Tokyo.
The Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico will get a chance to host spring training games in 2024. South Korea, Taiwan, and Latin America will have postseason tours in the years to come.
For regular-season events in Europe, Asia, and Latin America, players would get $70,000 each.
The trade deadline can be set from July 28 to August 3 if MLB notifies the union by December 1.
The agreement increases the amateur draft signing bonuses to $300 million, with an $8,842,200 slot value for the top pick.
The rule change was permanent and called for games to be stopped by rain and continued.
Random urine testing will be conducted at random during spring training, rather than in conjunction with physicals, because of the addition of drugs of abuse to the Joint Drug Program.
Blood testing for Human Growth Hormone will be conducted by dried blood spots, subject to agreement by outside experts, although draws are allowed for reasonable cause.
Team physicians are allowed to write short-term prescriptions for pain medication if they enter it in the medical records system.
The notice of discipline will start the follow-up testing, rather than the collection of the sample. The sides agreed to investigate whether meat products in the Dominican Republic could cause positive tests for steroids.
The revised workplace code of conduct states that if you see someone harassing or discriminating against someone, report it to your field manager.
Any verbal, physical or visual behavior directed at another individual because of a protected characteristic is harassment.
A section prohibiting production, distribution, receipt or possession of child pornography was added to the policy.
There are seven off days after July 31 and three after August 31.
The restrictions on footwear were loosened if they comply with commercial marks.
The annual winter meeting draft of players who were not protected is not held due to the labor dispute.
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