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Absolutely nobody likes the Manfred runner except the players. The players like it because they get to leave work earlier and less tired.

Worth nothing the rule doesn't apply to the post season.

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"Absolutely nobody" is trivially false.

Baseball games are way too long even before they get to extra innings. The two hour limit is the most important rule change that makes bananaball superior (but their other changes are also universally positive).

The lack of a time limit is to many one of the key elements of the game that differentiated it from pretty much every other professional sport.

“It ain’t over til the arbitrary time limit” doesn’t quite have the same ring to it.

Pandering to the few diehards who can pay attention to more than 100 games a year on every day of the week including weekdays for 4+ hours at a time is not a sustainable way to build or maintain interest in your sport in newer generations.

Just let it die with dignity. Baseball’s subtlety and pacing is incompatible with the current zeitgeist.

Desperately gimmickicng it up isn’t going to save it.

See also NASCAR’s fake cautions that make the first 3/4 of the race pointless.

The people who watch baseball and care about baseball don't like the Manfred runner. The people who complain that "baseball games are way too long even before they get to extra innings" aren't people who watch baseball and care about baseball. I don't care about the options baseball haters have about baseball rules.

Gamblers probably like it so they can get the results of their bet more predictably on time

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