MLB votes to eliminate home-plate collisions

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by PeteBooth

You play on Sunday and then turn around in 3 days (Im counting 1 day travel) and play again on Thursday. That's how Thursday nights has something to do with safety.

Pete Booth

they could solve this by having the Thursday games be between two of the teams that had a bye the previous week.

so you'd play on a Sunday, be off for 11 days until Thursday, and then be off for 10 days until the next Sunday.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

they could solve this by having the Thursday games be between two of the teams that had a bye the previous week.

so you'd play on a Sunday, be off for 11 days until Thursday, and then be off for 10 days until the next Sunday.

I've said that ever since they instituted Thursday games. Makes perfect sense ... which is probably while they'll never do it that way.

[Manny A]

Well, the MLBPA may not be too keen on the subject:

Morosi: Union has not approved new replay, home plate collision rules - MLB News | FOX Sports on MSN

[Rich Ives]

The actual rules haven't been formalized so there is nothing yet for the players to approve/disapprove.

[Manny A]

Originally Posted by Rich Ives

The actual rules haven't been formalized so there is nothing yet for the players to approve/disapprove.

From the article:

“However, what has been contemplated exceeds what was agreed to,” Clark told FOX Sports. “Because of that, we’re in the process of working through some of the issues as we see them.”

Sounds like there is disagreement in the "contemplated" proposals themselves. The players can speak of the merits of those proposals without having actual rules in place.

Besides, if it was really so black and white as you suggest, why run the story to begin with? And why would the MLBPA executive director feel a need to say anything? A simple, "Until we see the actual rules in writing, we will not make any comments," would have been more appropriate if that was the case.

[DG]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

they could solve this by having the Thursday games be between two of the teams that had a bye the previous week.

so you'd play on a Sunday, be off for 11 days until Thursday, and then be off for 10 days until the next Sunday.

Yes, but they don't schedule this very often. And byes are not every week, I think start week 5 and end week 12, or something like that.

Playing on short rest and rehabilitation is definitely a safety issue.

[johnnyg08]

We'll have to wait a few weeks to see what they're teaching at umpire school.

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by Manny A

From the article:



Sounds like there is disagreement in the "contemplated" proposals themselves. The players can speak of the merits of those proposals without having actual rules in place.

Besides, if it was really so black and white as you suggest, why run the story to begin with? And why would the MLBPA executive director feel a need to say anything? A simple, "Until we see the actual rules in writing, we will not make any comments," would have been more appropriate if that was the case.

They said two things - one was that they discussed the issues (not the proposed rules) and couldn't agree on anything. Second was that any replay change would be beyond what they had agreed to in the CBA. I see nothing in the story that suggests to me that they saw any proposed rules.