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Ray Fosse Must Feel This Is 44 Years Too Late
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The new home plate collision ban is out, and it has one exception: if the catcher has the ball and blocks the runner's path to the plate. This should be interesting, because umps will have to judge bang-bang plays in which the ball arrives at the same moment as the runner, and they'll have to call right there whether the ball was in the catcher's mitt when he blocked the plate. But the catcher can block the plate if it's to field a throw he'd otherwise be unable to snag, so there's that, too. Really, the main thing is that the runner can't go for the catcher rather than the plate -- no jarring the ball loose. This will be done on a one-year experimental basis, so it should get interesting. (AP via ESPN)
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