LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. Baseball officials are up front about this: They want to ban home-plate collisions to guard their investments. Minnesota s Joe Mauer, a three-time batting champion, is less than ...

Oregon’s Aroz, right, slides into Utah Valley catcher Strong at the plate in the eighth inning of the Eugene NCAA Regional at PK Park. / Chris Pietsch/The Register-Guard / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn ...

Major League Baseball has acknowledged that it incorrectly interpreted the new home-plate collision rules when it overturned an "out" call at the plate on a controversial play in Pittsburgh on ...

This week's biggest debate is whether or not a new one-year experimental rule will eliminate collisions at the plate and make the game safer for catchers. But there's probably not going to be much of ...

VIERA, Fla. - Full-squad workouts will get slightly more interesting starting today, as live batting practice sessions will start this morning out on the back fields by the Nationals' minor league ...

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 ...

Major League Baseball and the Players Association are nearing an agreement designed to "clarify" confusion over the new home plate collision rules, sources told ESPN on Monday, with an announcement ...

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 the ...