I completely retract all previous posts from today. Let 'em duke it out in extras with same rules until someone hits a wall scraper or someone's arm falls off.
I like good baseball. In my 50+ years experience playing and watching the sport I love, good baseball rarely happens after 11 innings. It becomes a battle of attrition until someone hero balls a solo shot.
Stupid take... The most true form of deciding the game would be to play it until all of the players dropped from exhaustion. Why stop at 9 innings? Anything less is just pussy bullshit.
The series is fucked because both teams emptied out the bullpens in Game 3 and pushed relievers longer than they are conditioned to go. Starters need to be lights out or we are going to get a watered down product from the bullpens for the rest of the series. They will not be at their best. It will probably be fine from an entertainment standpoint, but it is no longer a showcase of the best in the game.
I don't deny my Dodger hate - it keeps me warm at night - but it does not cloud my judgment on this at all.
I don't discount the drama and the intrigue, but holy shit, let's have some compassion for the dudes playing the game. 6+ hours on a baseball field and 609 pitches isn't good for anyone. If your game requires that to determine a winner, you need to revisit the rules of the game. The rest of the series is now fucked because of an idiotic desire to cling to "tradition."
An 18-inning game in the last stretch of an at least three-round playoff march after a 162-game season? Fuck all that. Gimme Manfred-ball in extras. No one needed that shit last night. I gave up after 12.
No wonder the players are going to sit out '27. They need the rest.
Oh… and fuck this boring ass uniform matchup in the World Series. Gimme some eye candy on the game’s biggest stage.
Blue and white with a bit of red thrown in? Lame.