The 2026 World Baseball Classic is underway! Here's what to know about the ghost runner rule in extra innings throughout the tournament?

Is there a ghost runner when World Baseball Classic games go to extra innings?

Monday, Major League Baseball made it official: the controversial 'ghost runner' on second base, extra innings rule is here to stay, permanently. MLB introduced the rule in the COVID-shortened 2020 ...

The MLB Playoffs are here, which means there's plenty of baseball to watch and teams to root for. Inevitably (whether you hate it or love it), there might be a time when a game heads to extra innings.

After the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays battled through an 18-inning colossus to decide Game 3 of the World Series, the argument of whether or not a ‘ghost runner’ should be permitted in ...

When MLB commissioner Rob Manfred introduced the ghost runner rule in 2020 — as baseball made adjustments to navigate the tricky terrain of playing through COVID-19— reactions to the change were ...