Nov 21, 2008 10:11 AM EST

Commissioner Bud Selig announced on Thursday that in the future all playoff games will be a minimum of nine innings.

The announcement is in accordance with a rule change approved at the MLB owners meetings in Manhattan.

"It's virtually done," Selig said, "that all postseason games, the All-Star Game, will be full-length affairs, and the rule will be so written."

Via MLB.com