MLB intends to ban plate collisions (Yahoo Sports)

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Pete Rose sounded bowled over. Charlie Hustle, who famously flattened Ray Fosse to score the winning run in the 1970 All-Star game, couldn't believe Major League Baseball intends to eliminate home-plate collisions by 2015 at the latest. ''What are they going to do next, you can't break up a double play?'' Rose said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press after MLB announced its plan Wednesday. Evidently the guys making all these rules never played the game of baseball.'' New York Mets general manager Sandy Alderson, chairman of the rules committee, made the announcement at the winter meetings, saying the change would go into effect for next season if the players' association approved.



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[devilalum]

How would this even work?
If you can't run into the catcher then the catcher can't block the plate.
Can't wait to see what that looks like.

Maybe they can make all plays at the plate a force out like in co-ed softball.