Baseball

A new rule has been recently approved by the MLBPA (Major League Baseball Player's Association) involving the prohibition and dis allowance of collisions at home plate. This new impending rule protects catchers from hard impacted hits prohibiting base runners crashing and colliding head on at home plate. This new rule is implemented especially to prevent concussions and serious injuries that are potential in this kind of deliberate collision. Executive director of MLBA, Tony Clark, states the rule will be an experimental basis for the 2014 season. Boston Red Sox catcher, A.J. Pierznyski states, "I disagree with it,'' "I understand why they're doing it, but next, they're going to tell us that you can't slide into the guy at second base."It's one of those things, as a big-league catcher, I signed up for it. You never want to see guys get hurt, and you never want to see guys go down because of it, but it's part of the game you signed up for.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2014/02/24/mlb-mlbpa-approves-rule-prohibiting-collisions-at-home-plate/5783449/