During the course of an eventual 3-2 Cubs win in Wrigley Field on Monday night, Padres center fielder Matt Szczur kept the lead intact against his former teammates with an excellent throw home to cut ...

Oregon’s Aroz, right, slides into Utah Valley catcher Strong at the plate in the eighth inning of the Eugene NCAA Regional at PK Park. / Chris Pietsch/The Register-Guard / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn ...

This week's biggest debate is whether or not a new one-year experimental rule will eliminate collisions at the plate and make the game safer for catchers. But there's probably not going to be much of ...

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 ...

During Sunday's Rockies-Nationals game, a lot of people questioned the ruling on the field in the 7th inning when the umpires called Anthony Rendon out at home plate. With Rendon on second and the ...

It was a 1-0 ballgame in the bottom of the sixth inning on Sunday with the Pittsburgh Pirates barely holding onto a lead over the Chicago White Sox. The Pirates did have the lead, though, and they ...

As former big league catchers, Bob Melvin and Bruce Bochy certainly had their share of plays at the plate, and the current managers played in an era when big collisions with runners trying to score ...

As former big league catchers, Bob Melvin and Bruce Bochy certainly had their share of plays at the plate, and the current managers played in an era when big collisions with runners trying to score ...

Los Angeles Angels catcher Jonathan Lucroy had to be carted off the field Sunday after a gruesome collision at home plate against the Houston Astros. With the game tied at 10 in the eighth inning, ...

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 ...