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ghost runner

[ gohst ruhn-er ]

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Origin of ghost runner1

First recorded in 1975–80
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Major League Baseball has implemented a “ghost runner” rule that automatically places a runner at second base in extra innings during the regular season.

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The Angels lost to the Blue Jays 12-11 in 10 innings after Cavan Biggio, Toronto’s ghost runner, scored on Kevin Kiermaier’s ground-rule double and George Springer drove in another run against Carlos Estévez.

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Drury, the Angels’ ghost runner, and Urshela, who knocked a single into center field, and Ward, who worked a walk against Trevor Richards, loaded the bases.

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Just don’t get me started on the ghost runner at second base in extra innings.

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While there are other examples of his failures, there is none greater than the so-called ghost runner, which is nothing more than a gimmick ostensibly to speed up a game that was never designed to be quickly paced.

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