It's one of baseball's "most traditional and most violent plays," as NPR's Tom Goldman says. Starting as soon as next season, though, Major League Baseball will move to ban intentional collisions at ...

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 ...

As the Oregon Ducks suffered a tough, 6-5 loss in the Eugene regional in the NCAA baseball tournament, a controversial call following a home plate collision cost the Ducks a run and potentially the ...

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 ...

CHICAGO -- The Major League Baseball Umpires Association released a tersely worded statement Wednesday regarding the criticism umpires are receiving due to the home-plate collision rule. The rule has ...

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 ...

Major League Baseball informed the Cubs and San Diegoon Tuesday that Chicago first baseman Anthony Rizzo violated the home-plate collision rule in Monday's game against the Padres but will not be ...