New York, EE.UU. /
The new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between Major League Baseball and the Baseball Players Association MLB never ceases to amaze with the new proposals that will be implemented from the 2022 season of the circuit and one of them would have to do with the criteria of tiebreaker for him All-Star Game.
According to AP information, the Stars game would have significant changes in its format from this campaign, as there is a possibility that this is defined with a Home Run Derby.
The 182-page document signed by both parties in previous days indicates that, in the event that the game is tied in the ninth inning, it will be the gunners of both teams who define the actions with a kind of Mini-Home Run Derby.
“If the All-Star Game remains tied after nine innings, the game will be decided by a Home Run Derby between the teamssubject to the agreement of the parties on the details and format”, reads in annex 13 of the document obtained by AP.
Similarly, it is believed that, as part of the general agreement, both owners and players are looking at the possibilities of implement a concert in the middle of the matchresembling the Super Bowl halftime show in the NFL.
The All-Star Game 2022 will take place on July 19 at the Dodger Stadium. Since its arrival in 1933, the Mid-Season Classic has gone to extra innings 13 times, the last two times in 2017 and 2018.
