OGDEN It ll be a different season for the Ogden Raptors for many reasons this year after last season was canceled due to COVID-19.
Gone are the Los Angeles Dodgers affiliation and its place in the Minor League Baseball pipeline, and gone now are extra-inning contests at Lindquist Field.
The Pioneer Baseball League announced a handful of interesting new rules coming to the league this season; among them, abandoning extra-inning affairs and replacing it with knock out, which can best be described as a sudden death home run derby between teams until a winner is crowned that evening.
League officials said the move was made to avoid any excessive strain on Pioneer League teams pitching staffs.