PEORIA, Ariz. - John Buck knows the exact moment when baseball's thinking changed about home-plate collisions. He was standing 50 feet away when it happened on May 25, 2011. On Monday, that thinking ...

Certain physicality has been taken out of modern day baseball, but Ian Happ's collision with Colson Montgomery in Sunday's game between the White Sox and Cubs was legal. CHICAGO –– Ian Happ running ...

It's one of the most exciting plays in baseball and one of the most dangerous, the collision between a waiting catcher and a base runner charging for home plate. UNIDENTIFIED MAN: And coming to the ...

Recently during a pre-game warmup, Phillies right fielder Bryce Harper was doing some batting practice when he hit a line drive to right field, and it collided with another ball in midair. Bryce ...

CLEVELAND — The consequences from the Jonathan Lucroy-Jake Marisnick home-plate collision that happened Sunday are already being felt. And they’re not limited to Lucroy and Marisnick — though Lucroy ...

BATH, Mich. — A teenage baseball player has died nearly two weeks after he was knocked unconscious during a collision at second base. The Lansing State Journal says Cooper Gardner, a junior at Bath ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Ray Fosse watched the crushing blow to Giants star Buster Posey and wondered why after all these years there are still few rules to protect catchers at the plate. If there's anybody ...

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — 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 ...

Major League Baseball intends to eliminate its most exciting — and most dangerous — play next season, by placing a permanent ban on the home plate collision. At the offseason Winter Meetings this week ...

Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. Copyright 2024 NPR Major League Baseball plans to eliminate home plate collisions, among other rules ...