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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Major League Baseball plans to eliminate home plate collisions, such as the one that severely injured San Francisco Giants star catcher Buster Posey, possibly as soon as ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- 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 ...

During his 13-year career as an All-Star catcher, Mike Scioscia earned a reputation for being as tough as anyone when it came to blocking home plate. But in a sport filled with nostalgia, even ...

High school baseball players will see a change to the bases starting in 2027. Officials with the National Federation of State ...

It's one of baseball's "most traditional and most violent plays," as NPR's Tom Goldman says. Starting as soon as next season, though, Major League Baseball will move to ban intentional collisions at ...

Tuesday night’s well-documented home-plate collision between Pittsburgh’s Josh Harrison and St. Louis’ Yadier Molina thankfully resulted in no serious injuries for the Cardinals catcher. However, the ...

Something you hear a lot about from fans is the lack of an "old-school" mentality in the modern game of baseball. While many of the proponents of the so-called "old-school" are too young to know ...

This season Major League Baseball took a crash course in how to eliminate collisions at home plate. In its first year, Rule 7.13 has been celebrated and criticized. But even with the rule in place, a ...

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) – 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 ...

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – During his 13-year career as an All-Star catcher, Mike Scioscia earned a reputation for being as tough as anyone when it came to blocking home plate. But in a sport filled ...