Runners trying to reach home plate — and the catchers who often try to block them — will have to follow new rules that are meant to cut the risk of injuries from collisions in the 2014 season.

CHICAGO – If the Rangers learned anything new Wednesday about MLB’s home plate collision rules, ... They remain convinced Heim presented a lane for Andrus to slide and reach home plate safely.

Several players with the Angels are on the field doing early work, and at the momoent they’re running from first to third. It might help if they practiced going all the way to home plate.

The rule that will be in effect in 2014 does not mandate that the runner always slide or that the catcher can never block the plate. However, runners who slide, and catchers who provide the runner ...

With two outs, Miguel Vargas singled, scoring one run, but Tauchman appeared to reinjure his hamstring and couldn't reach home; he was tagged by Guardians catcher Austin Hedges to end the game.

Things changed for catchers, however, when collisions at home plate were barred in 2014. That decision came following a few high-profile injuries, including one to Buster Posey, the All-Star ...

The Chicago White Sox on Wednesday lost on a play that should have scored the game-tying run after a player was injured before reaching home plate. The post WATCH: White Sox Lose in Brutal Fashion ...

The Chicago White Sox lost on a play that should have seen them score the game-tying run after a player was injured before reaching home plate on Wednesday.. In the top of the ninth inning of ...

Home » MLB » Oswaldo Cabrera Shares Heartfelt Message After Undergoing Surgery For Horrific Injury . ... Cabrera struggled in pain while reaching home plate and was forced to exit the field.

As for Bohm, he said the only thing that matters is that the home plate umpire called him safe. "It was by the skin of his big toe," Joe Girardi said of Alec Bohm's controversial game-winning run.

It’s hard to say where it started, but The Hustler, the Vanderbilt student newspaper, traced its roots to at least 2011 — when Pedro Alvarez stomped the plate after a 430-foot home run that ...