A New Set of Rules for Major League Baseball

Thursday is Opening Day for Major League Baseball. If you were planning on a season of languid, three-hour-plus games, fear not, because the MLB has announced new rules to shorten game times and get the ball in play more frequently. Evan Drellich, senior writer for The Athletic and author of the new book Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball's Brightest Minds Created Sports' Biggest Mess, is with us to break down the new rules and look forward to the new season.