"Ban on plate collisions seen as likely"

[BSUmp16]

Why not just implement the FED Malicious Contact rule? It doesn't prohibit contact; it doesn't prohibit blocking the plate (in FED, with the ball in possession). What it does try to prevent are injuries like Fosse's and Posey's. In FED, it's like pornography - You know it when you see it. For MLB there should be some official definition that deals with contact that is intended to injure or likely to cause injury (regardless of actual intent).