MLB has now decided to eliminate home-plate collisions at home plate

[Greg]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>MLB has now decided to eliminate home-plate collisions at home plate, meaning, players must slide going into home.</p>— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) <a href="

">December 11, 2013</a></blockquote>

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[waroriole]

I think that's probably a good idea. It never really made sense to have it anyway.

I wonder if they will enforce calling the C blocking the base path. If not, then it doesn't make sense to change the rule.

[mdbdotcom]

MLB has now decided to eliminate home-plate collisions at home plate...

Where else would home plate collisions be, but at home plate?

[DrinkinWithFermi]

Gentlemen...behold!

The Buster Posey rule!

[sportsfan8703]

Well there goes MW's Home Plate Collision WAR.

[jabba72]

Thats what happens when you have Catchers making $180M .

[Nigel Tufnel]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>If I want to wield a scimitar and barrel into a catcher blocking home plate that is my god-given right as an American and patriot.</p>— Old Hoss Radbourn (@OldHossRadbourn) <a href="

">December 11, 2013</a></blockquote>

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[SrMeowMeow]

Good decision.

[orioles119]

Good decision.

They can "eliminate" it all they want. How will it be enforced? Call the runner out as soon as he starts to barrel into the catcher?

[TonySoprano]

What's next? No take-out slides into 2B?

[gallden]

What's next? No take-out slides into 2B?

Your mouth to Gods ear.

[OsEatAlEast]

Won't eliminate the broken legs and ankles from the slides. Which is more dangerous?

[Number5]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>MLB has now decided to eliminate home-plate collisions at home plate, meaning, players must slide going into home.</p>— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) <a href="

">December 11, 2013</a></blockquote>

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I'd like to see the actual rule. I tend to think that the wording is more like "must avoid contact" than "must slide". A "must slide" rule becomes very tricky because if there is no slide, but no contact and the play is deemed "close" the runner can be called out.

[Rene88]

I am all for this!

[Austin]

This is probably for the best even though it eliminates one of the most exciting parts of the game.