Each team's at-bat in the 11th inning and beyond will begin with runners on first and second bases. Teams may start the 11th at any point in their batting order under format changes announced Friday by the International Baseball Federation and adopted in time for next month's Beijing Games.

Baseball and softball are making their last appearance for a while, after the International Olympic Committee voted to eliminate the sports from the 2012 London Games. Both sports are working to be reinstated for the 2016 Olympics.

Federation president Harvey Schiller said the extra-innings change was adopted to save time.

Under the new format, the 10th inning will be played normally. At the start of the 11th, teams will have the option of beginning at any point in the existing batting order and placing the previous two batters on base. For example, a team that opts to lead off with its No. 3 hitter would begin with its No. 1 batter on second base and its No. 2 hitter on first with no outs.

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"Now and then we had a hope that if we lived
and were good, God would permit us to be pirates."

I also like hockey, but still.

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Google's the condom of wisdom, LiveWire is the morning after pill.
This means you should use google before asking your retarded Question

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sounds interesting

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this

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Thank you Isobel

For modding the deep thoughts and random shitty theism forum
Aka "Religion and Philosophy: The forum that makes a case for Eugenics