If The MLB All-Star Game Is Tied After 9 Innings, The Winner May Be Decided By A Home Run Derby Moving Forward

AP- If the next All-Star Game in Major League Baseball goes deep into the night, a slugger may get a chance to decide it by going deep — in a Home Run Derby. That’s right, say going, going, goodbye to extra innings in the Midsummer Classic. Instead, bring on Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Shohei Ohtani, Fernando Tatis Jr., Bryce Harper and the big boppers for a winner-take-all blast-off.

Because buried deep in the 182-page memorandum of understanding signed Thursday by MLB and the players’ association is a radical new method of potentially deciding the All-Star Game. “If the All-Star Game remains tied after nine innings, the game will be decided by a Home Run Derby between the teams, subject to the parties’ agreement on details and format,” reads exhibit 13, titled “Tentative Agreement — All-Star Game and Home Run Derby.”

OH HELL YES! How come none of us had any idea this is the type of stuff the owners and player's association were negotiating about for the last few weeks? I can live with a potential sport-killing lockout full of fake deadlines and wishy washy reporting when cool shit like this is the topic of conversation instead of two sides arguing over more money than my dumb brain can ever imagine or international drafts that always seem to be shady as fuck. But the one constant in baseball is that everyone loves watching players hit dingers.

Besides let's be honest, no fan wants to see one of their stud pitchers come in for a high leverage spot and throw his arm out during a meaningless game in extras. It's not like baseball has to worry about the integrity of the All-Star Game either considering that shit died a lonnnnnng time ago. This moment to be exact:

So congratulations to Major League Baseball for finally thinking about something the fans would like for once and congratulations to Pete Morgan Alonso for becoming a mortal lock to be an All-Star for the rest of his career simply because he'll be able to close things out like Mo Rivera if things go to extras by dropping unlimited fuck bombs for the rest of his natural life.