Start the inning with a runner on second base.

I would like to find a single baseball fan who endorses this idea.

I would also challenge anyone to read the following clarification without laughing:

"For purposes of calculating earned runs under Rule 9.16, the runner who begins an inning on second base pursuant to this rule shall be deemed to be a runner who has reached second base because of a fielding error, but no error shall be charged to the opposing team or to any player."

Thanks for clearing that up.

Since the minor leagues no longer take the game of baseball seriously, what are the precise rules for ghost runners, "Indian rubbing," and do-overs?

What "shall be charged" to the pitcher's ERA if the runner on second base has to abandon the base because the game is being played in the middle of the street and a car drives by and "time out" was called but "time in" was not called by the same person?