This New Rule Will Bring Them Out of the Woodwork

Macho men. But then, who knows, maybe the Village People, too.



The Play at the Plate: Safer. (The New York Times, 12/11/2013)

We have to stop meeting like this.    In the first step to formally eradicating a thrilling but dangerous staple of the game — and an emphatic response to the concussion crisis that has gripped other sports — Major League Baseball’s rules committee voted Wednesday to eliminate home-plate collisions.