Runners trying to reach home plate — and ... never played the game of baseball." "A runner attempting to score may not deviate from his direct pathway to the plate in order to initiate contact ...

NEW YORK – Major League Baseball and its players have banned most home plate collisions but left open an exception if the catcher has the ball and is blocking the runner's direct path to home plate.

NEW YORK, Feb 24 (Reuters) – An experimental rule aimed at averting dangerous home plate collisions has been adopted for the upcoming Major League Baseball season, MLB and the Players ...

Major League Baseball’s rules committee has voted to ban home plate collisions, MLB Rules Committee Chairman and New York Mets General Manager Sandy Alderson announced Wednesday. Alderson said ...

Major League Baseball sent a memo to teams clarifying this year's experimental rule intended to limit collisions at home plate, saying runners should not be called safe if the ball clearly beats them.

Protecting home plate from an oncoming baserunner is accepted as part of the game for a catcher in baseball. Prevent that run from scoring. Barreling into a catcher—running through him—to ...