Why Dodgers-Blue Jays World Series game won't have a runner on 2nd base in extra innings rules

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Why Dodgers-Blue Jays World Series game won't have a runner on 2nd base in extra innings rules

In the playoffs, baseball does things the old fashioned way.

If the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays make it to extra innings in the World Series, there won't be a bonus runner on second base.

For as long as the game goes, the bases will be empty at the start of every inning.

It could make for a marathon game if the bullpens do their job. But it's also the way it was meant to be, the fairest way of deciding a victor.

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Why do Dodgers, Blue Jays not have a runner on 2nd base in extra innings?

This is how it works in the playoffs.

MLB implemented the bonus baserunner to get regular season games t