{"id":573,"date":"2008-08-28T20:54:37","date_gmt":"2008-08-28T19:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/?p=573"},"modified":"2009-09-26T12:07:20","modified_gmt":"2009-09-26T11:07:20","slug":"a-review-of-the-extra-innings-rule-in-the-2008-olympic-baseball-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/?p=573","title":{"rendered":"A review of the extra-innings rule in the 2008 Olympic baseball tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/?p=527\" target=\"_blank\">new extra-innings rule<\/a> came into effect in five of the 36 games that made up the 2008 Olympic baseball tournament. Here I provide some statistics on its use in those games. In considering the tactics employed (i.e. sacrifice bunt or swing away), I am not interested in the bottom half of innings played under the rule, as the situation is essentially the same as normal in the bottom half of the 9th or a later inning, with the first two players up reaching base &#8211; in other words, it is standard baseball. The difference with the top half is that you are playing knowing that your opponents will be in a stronger-than-normal position in the bottom half of the inning. For the choice of the spot in the line-up at which to start the 11th inning, though, I am interested in both the top half and the bottom half of the inning, as neither team\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s decision crops up in standard baseball.<!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><strong>Number of games played in which the rule came into play<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">China &#8211; 2 games<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoHeading7\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">Chinese Taipei &#8211; 2 games<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoHeading7\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">United States<span style=\"yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>&#8211; 2 games<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoHeading7\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">Canada &#8211; 1 game<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoHeading7\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">Cuba &#8211; 1 game<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoHeading7\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">Japan &#8211; 1 game<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoHeading7\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">Korea &#8211; 1 game<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoHeading7\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">The Netherlands &#8211; 0 games<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoHeading7\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">So no European teams have yet competed under the rule. The fact that some countries played in multiple games that went past the 10th inning allows us to explore if they approached the games differently. This is touched on below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoHeading7\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><span style=\"Lucida Sans;\"><strong>Innings played under the rule as batting team<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><span style=\"Lucida Sans;\">Chinese Taipei &#8211; 4.0 innings<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><span style=\"Lucida Sans;\">China &#8211; 2.2 innings<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><span style=\"Lucida Sans;\">Canada &#8211; 2.0 innings<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><span style=\"Lucida Sans;\">United States &#8211; 2.0 innings<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><span style=\"Lucida Sans;\">Cuba &#8211; 1.0 inning<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><span style=\"Lucida Sans;\">Japan &#8211; 1.0 inning<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><span style=\"Lucida Sans;\">Korea &#8211; 0.0 innings (in 1 game)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><span style=\"Lucida Sans;\">Korea, the gold medallists, are yet to make an out under the new rule, while Chinese Taipei accumulated 4.0 innings as both of their games lasted untill the 12th inning.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><span style=\"Lucida Sans;\"><strong>Runs scored per inning under the rule<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><span style=\"Lucida Sans;\">United States &#8211; 2.5 runs<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><span style=\"Lucida Sans;\">Cuba &#8211; 2 runs<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><span style=\"Lucida Sans;\">Japan &#8211; 2 runs<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><span style=\"Lucida Sans;\">China &#8211; 1.88 runs<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><span style=\"Lucida Sans;\">Chinese Taipei &#8211; 1.25 runs<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><span style=\"Lucida Sans;\">Canada &#8211; 0 runs<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><span style=\"Lucida Sans;\">Canada were the only country involved (with the exception of The Netherlands, who did not play a game in which the rule came into play) to not score a run. Korea scored 1 run in 0.0 innings, and so their runs per inning cannot be calculated.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><span style=\"Lucida Sans;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><span style=\"Lucida Sans;\"><strong>Game lengths<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><span style=\"Lucida Sans;\">11 innings &#8211; 3 games<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><span style=\"Lucida Sans;\">12 innings &#8211; 2 games<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">So the marathon games for which the rule was intended to prevent were indeed avoiding, with no game going past the 12th inning, although it is perhaps a little surprising that two of the five contests were not terminated in the first extra inning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><strong>Batter leading off 11th<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoHeading7\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">#3 &#8211; 5 times (visitors 1 time; home team 4 times)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"fb\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">#2 &#8211; 3 times (visitors 2 times; home team 1 time)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoHeading7\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">#1 &#8211; 2 times (visitors 2 times; home team 0 times)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoHeading7\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">There was a tendency for the team batting second to lead off with the #3 hitter, while the team batting first preferred a spot higher up the line-up. Of course, we are dealing with a very small sample here, and so it is not wise to draw firm conclusions. Of the three teams playing multiple games under the ruling, two had turns as both visitors and the home team. China were one of these, opting for #3 as both the team batting first and the team batting second. The United States was the other such country, and they mixed their tactics up, going for #1 as the visitors but #2 when playing as the home team.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoHeading7\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"fb\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><strong>Tactic employed in top half of inning<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"fb\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">Sacrifice bunt &#8211; 4 times<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"fb\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">Swing away &#8211; 3 times<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"fb\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">Only one country, Chinese Taipei, played as the visitors more than once. In their first game, they put their #2 hitter as lead-off and went for the sacrifice bunt in the 11th, and also went for the sacrifice bunt in the 12th inning (with #5 leading off). In the team\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s second game, they again put their #2 hitter as lead-off and went for the sacrifice bunt in the 11th, but in the 12th decided to swing away (with #6 leading off).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"fb\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"fb\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><strong>Success rate of tactic in top half of decisive inning<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"fb\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">Swing away &#8211; led to a win in 67% of games<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"fb\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">Sacrifice bunt &#8211; led to a win in 50% of games<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">I do not think that the sacrifice bunt is all that shrewd in this situation, but while the numbers appear to support that, I would not want to use them to bolster my argument as the sample of games is far too small.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><strong><\/strong><\/span>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><strong>Full details of the five games<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"fb\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><em>Chinese Taipei @ China, 15 August 2008, start time 10:30<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">Progress of score:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">3-3 after 10 innings<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">3-3 after 11 innings<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">8-7 to China after 12 innings (winning run scored with 2 outs)<\/span>\u00c2\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">Tactics for visitors:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">#2 leading off in 11th; sacrifice bunt in 11th; sacrifice bunt in 12th<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">Tactics for home team:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">#3 leading off in 11th<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><em><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><em><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><em><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><em><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><em><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><em><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cuba @ United States, 15 August 2008, start time 11:30<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">Progress of score:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">3-3 after 10 innings<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">5-4 to Cuba after 11 innings<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">Tactics for visitors:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">#1 leading off in 11th; sacrifice bunt in 11th<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"12.0pt;\">Tactics for home team:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">#2 leading off in 11th<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoHeading8\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><em><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><em><\/em><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoHeading8\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><em><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><em><\/em><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoHeading8\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><em><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoHeading8\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><em><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><em>\u00c2\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoHeading8\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><em><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><em>China @ Korea, 17 August 2008, start time 18:00<\/em><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoHeading8\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><em>(Game completed on 17 August after suspension in middle of 6th inning on 14 August)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"12.0pt;\">Progress of score:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">0-0 after 10 innings<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">1-0 to Korea after 11 innings (winning run scored with 0 outs)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"12.0pt;\">Tactics\u00c2\u00a0for visitors:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">#3 leading off in 11th; swing away in 11th<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"12.0pt;\">Tactics for home team:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">#3 leading off in 11th<\/span><span style=\"12.0pt;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><em><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><em><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><em><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><em>\u00c2\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><em>C<\/em><\/span><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><em>hinese Taipei @ Canada, 20 August 2008, start time 18:00<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"12.0pt;\">Progress of score:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">5-5 after 10 innings<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">5-5 after 11 innings<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">6-5 to Chinese Taipei after 12 innings<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"12.0pt;\">Tactics for visitors:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">#2 leading off in 11th; sacrifice bunt in 11th; swing away in 12th<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"12.0pt;\">Tactics for home team:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">#3 leading off in 11th<\/span><span style=\"12.0pt;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoHeading7\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><em><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoHeading7\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><em><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoHeading7\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><em><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoHeading7\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><em>\u00c2\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoHeading7\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\"><em>United States @ Japan, 20 August 2008, start time 19:00<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">Progress of score:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">0-0 after 10 innings<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">4-2 to United States after 11 innings<\/span>\u00c2\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"12.0pt;\">Tactics for visitors:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"12.0pt;\">#1 leading off in 11th; swing away in 11th<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">Tactics for home team:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"12.0pt;\">#3 leading off in 11th<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new extra-innings rule came into effect in five of the 36 games that made up the 2008 Olympic baseball tournament. Here I provide some statistics on its use in those games. In considering the tactics employed (i.e. sacrifice bunt or swing away), I am not interested in the bottom half of innings played under [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[35],"class_list":["post-573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-baseball-2","tag-olympics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=573"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4695,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573\/revisions\/4695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}