Baseball Umpires Don't Get Overtime. Does That Affect Extra Innings?

By Shankar Vedantam

Published June 27, 2018 at 11:02 PM HST

A baseball umpire ruling player 'safe' at home plate.

Shankar Vedantam

Shankar Vedantam is the host and creator of Hidden Brain. The Hidden Brain podcast receives more than three million downloads per week. The Hidden Brain radio show is distributed by NPR and featured on nearly 400 public radio stations around the United States.

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