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I've been to enough minor league games that drag on and on and on to want to just cut minor league games to 9 innings. Nothing more depressing that extra-innings A-ball in Tampa, Florida in front of an empty stadium.
Oh you were only talking minor league games? Sorry, I say 10th and then a tie.
From what I've read about this rule in international and amateur leagues, the game only slows down when this happens. Apparently, every team bunts the runner over, then the pitcher walks the next guy to set up a double-play and then pitches around him. Between the bunt and the walk you're killing any momentum of the game. That'd be a concern of mine.
So do they start each half inning with a runner on second? If so, that sounds like the college football OT rule. Does not necessarily lead to shorter games than a standard sudden death OT.